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Illegal Southwest border crossings were down 40% last month, according to just released Customs and Border Protection numbers -- a sign that President Donald Trump's hardline rhetoric and policies on immigration may be having a deterrent effect.
Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly himself announced the month-to-month numbers, statistics that CBP usually quietly posts on its website without fanfare.
According to CBP data, the 40% drop in illegal Southwest border crossings from January to February is far outside normal seasonal trends. Typically, the January to February change is actually an increase of 10% to 20%.
The drop breaks a nearly 20-year trend, as CBP data going back to 2000 shows an uptick in apprehensions every February.
The number of apprehensions and inadmissible individuals presenting at the border was 18,762 people in February, down from 31,578 in January.
It will still take months to figure out if the decrease in apprehensions is an indication of a lasting Trump effect on immigration patterns. Numbers tend to decrease seasonally in the winter and increase into the spring months.
But the sharp downtick after an uptick at the end of the Obama administration could fit the narrative that it takes tough rhetoric on immigration -- backed up by policy -- to get word-of-mouth warnings to undocumented immigrants making the harrowing journey to the border.
Source: http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/08/politics/border-crossings-huge-drop-trump-tough-talk/index.html
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(Score: 5, Informative) by NotSanguine on Monday March 13 2017, @06:49PM
Who remembers the Iran hostage crisis? The liberal president made zero progress, trying to negotiate a release of the hostages.
Ooh! Ooh! Mr. Kotter! Mr. Kotter! Pick me! Pick me!
I remember, apparently better than you do. the "liberal" president authorized the failed Operation Eagle Claw [wikipedia.org] which, while it was a failure, was certainly pretty aggressive. After that, the Iranians did all they could to discredit Carter.
When that crazy actor president won the election, they fell all over themselves releasing hostages.
Exactly. In fact, it was 20 minutes after the inauguration of Ronald Reagan that the hostages were released. So, unless the Reagan team indulged in illegal contacts with the Iranians [wikipedia.org], the Reagan administration had exactly zero to do with the release of said hostages.
Same thing here. The liberal president went easy on illegals. Now we have a crazy bastard running things, and this time the Mexicans are scared.
Crazy bastards do have their uses.
You've once again shown your poor knowledge of history and are talking out of your ass again. You're stinking up the place, Runaway!
No, no, you're not thinking; you're just being logical. --Niels Bohr