BORDER CRISIS! DHS On Pace To Catch 100,000 Illegals At Border This Month

by | Mar 19, 2019 | Crime

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Delivering a speech at Auburn University’s Center for Cyber and Homeland Security, Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen pushed back against claims that the U.S.-Mexico border crisis is “manufactured” and warned that crossings are on track to reach a 10-year high level.

At the same time, we cannot lose sight of our most basic obligations to the American people, reflected in the second goal of our strategic plan:  to Defend U.S. Borders and Sovereignty.

There is no more fundamental responsibility for a nation.  And yet, the American people have been let down by our government again…and again.

I want to cut through the politics to tell you loud and clear:  there is NO  “manufactured” crisis at our Southern Border.  There is a real-life humanitarian and security catastrophe.

Late last year, we were apprehending 50,000 – 60,000 migrants a month.

Last month, we apprehended more than 75,000—the highest in over a decade.

And today I can tell you that we are on track to interdict nearly 100,000 migrants this month.

The situation at our Southern Border has gone from a crisis…to a national emergency…to a near system-wide meltdown.

I say this with the utmost sincerity and urgency:  the system is breaking.  And our communities, our law enforcement personnel, and the migrants themselves are paying the price.

Per the Washington Times:

The government is on track to catch nearly 100,000 illegal immigrants at the border this month, Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said Monday, renewing the administration’s plea for Congress to do something.

That number would be the worst in more than a decade, and it’s more troubling than the worst years because the migrants are children and families who despite being unauthorized, are almost impossible to deport.

“The situation at our Southern Border has gone from a crisis, to a national emergency, to a near systemwide meltdown,” Ms. Nielsen said in delivering an update on the state of her department 16 years after it was established.

Ms. Nielsen said the border wall is part of the solution, but also said Congress must change the laws to allow for detention and faster deportations of illegal immigrant children and families.

 

Everyone should call their congressmen and let them know that you will make it your life’s mission to see them defeated in the next election if they do not stop this asap.

Then if they don’t come through go ahead and follow through to make it your life’s mission to get them voted out.

Below is a video of Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen’s full speech.

 

Much of this post was first seen at GodfatherPolitics.com

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