Illegal immigration surged in August, illegal families set for worst year on record

[Tennis]

Border Patrol agents are getting “hammered” by a new surge of illegal immigration into Texas, the agency’s chief told Congress on Tuesday as new numbers showed a massive influx in August, defying the usual pattern of a late-summer slowdown.

The worst of the new surge is coming in the form of families traveling together — usually mothers and children fleeing violence and poverty in Central America and trying to reunite with relatives already living in the U.S., often illegally. Nearly 10,000 people were nabbed by agents traveling as families in August alone, marking a 24 percent spike over the previous monthA massive influx of manpower and technology on the border, combined with the economic slowdown a decade ago, cut the flow of Mexicans.

But Central Americans have begun to cross in larger numbers, posing tougher challenges for border officials.

Many of the Central Americans make asylum claims, and those are more time-consuming and tougher to adjudicate than rank-and-file illegal immigrants.

Chief Morgan, who has been on the job for only a couple of months, said in his visits to the border he saw one group of children that included a six-year-old girl traveling with her 11-year-old brother — what he called a humanitarian situation.

He said there needs to be another way to handle them that doesn’t involved forcing his agents to spend time processing and guarding them.

“Instead of taking agents that have been trained, have a national security mission, should be on the front line, I’m taking them off the front line a lot to process a 6-year-old, an 11-year-old, as part of the humanitarian mission,” he said.

http://m.washingtontimes.com/news/20...surges-august/

Accepting asylum claims is certainly the right thing to do. There can be no debating that. At this point a new strategy is needed and part of it needs to be an expedited process to citizenship.

[Sir Andy]

Accepting asylum claims is certainly the right thing to do. There can be no debating that. At this point a new strategy is needed and part of it needs to be an expedited process to citizenship.

I agree wholeheartedly.

They should all come live with you.

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There is nothing in your post that doesn't make want to throw up OP...

[GennGreymane]

What must we do @Tennisace!?

[bladeXcrasher]

Let's build a bullet train to Canada from Central America.

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I agree wholeheartedly.

They should all come live with you.

When i say these guys are either paid or nuts some people dont believe me. Or non-white ill intentioned individual.
Tell me this guy's opinion is sane...
As i told, at this point in time, its either far right or downfall of the great western nations.

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Let's build a bullet train to Canada from Central America.

Im sure there are normal decent people in Canada, Tenisace doesnt speak for them.
I would rather send Tenisace to Central America.

[Templar 331]

Accepting asylum claims is certainly the right thing to do. There can be no debating that.

No, the right thing to do would be to fix the countries they come from.

[bladeXcrasher]

No, the right thing to do would be to fix the countries they come from.

1) it's a tennisface thread, nothings to be taken seriously.
2) Not the USA's job to fix other countries problems, we only have to look to the news to see what becomes of that.

[Torched]

http://m.washingtontimes.com/news/20...surges-august/

Accepting asylum claims is certainly the right thing to do. There can be no debating that. At this point a new strategy is needed and part of it needs to be an expedited process to citizenship.

Yes there is, you throw them the fuck out.

[Asiwassaying]

http://m.washingtontimes.com/news/20...surges-august/

Accepting asylum claims is certainly the right thing to do. There can be no debating that. At this point a new strategy is needed and part of it needs to be an expedited process to citizenship.

I disagree. If America went to shit and I hopped the border to Canada,they would send my ass back.

Fix you own country is my philosophy.

[Independent voter]

Cubans too, but Cubans mostly have STEM degrees. Like Canadians they come to the US to make money.

[Templar 331]

1) it's a tennisface thread, nothings to be taken seriously.

I know. Just killing time.

2) Not the USA's job to fix other countries problems, we only have to look to the news to see what becomes of that.

I agree, but seeing as how we're the ones being blamed for their drug cartels and we're the ones having to deal with the illegals another course of action might help ease the problem. I'm not saying prop up their economy but I'm sure there could be actions taken to help besides "build a wall."

[Berengil]

http://m.washingtontimes.com/news/20...surges-august/

Accepting asylum claims is certainly the right thing to do. There can be no debating that. At this point a new strategy is needed and part of it needs to be an expedited process to citizenship.

Yes there can be debating it. In short, screw 'em. They want a better life, they have two choices.

1) Do the hard work of improving their own country

OR

2) Legally immigrate

[NED funded]

1) it's a tennisface thread, nothings to be taken seriously.
2) Not the USA's job to fix other countries problems, we only have to look to the news to see what becomes of that.

I disagree. We have out stories of success, Japan, West Germany, South Korea, Taiwan, Chile (albeit through morally questionable methods). The common thing all of this countries share; except Chile, is the amount of time we spent of them. Whereas our stories of failures are mostly due to how early we retired from their territories.

[Stacyrect]

http://m.washingtontimes.com/news/20...surges-august/

Accepting asylum claims is certainly the right thing to do. There can be no debating that. At this point a new strategy is needed and part of it needs to be an expedited process to citizenship.

Refuse them entry and deport the ones that are here. Illegal immigration is not sustainable. Our welfare systems here are already stretched.

[NineSpine]

I disagree. If America went to shit and I hopped the border to Canada,they would send my ass back.

Fix you own country is my philosophy.

Canada has always been a very reliable haven for dissenters who needed to flee the US.

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I disagree. We have out stories of success, Japan, West Germany, South Korea, Taiwan, Chile (albeit through morally questionable methods). The common thing all of this countries share; except Chile, is the amount of time we spent of them. Whereas our stories of failures are mostly due to how early we retired from their territories.

Chile? Really?

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Yes there can be debating it. In short, screw 'em. They want a better life, they have two choices.

1) Do the hard work of improving their own country

OR

2) Legally immigrate

Here's a crazy thought, maybe the U.S. should stop sending billions of dollars annually back to the drug cartels that are causing these countries to be so unstable.

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Refuse them entry and deport the ones that are here. Illegal immigration is not sustainable. Our welfare systems here are already stretched.

What isn't sustainable is assuming instability in the rest of the American continent can be ignored forever as though it can't possible effect us.

Our welfare system isn't anywhere close to stretched. It's a minor cost.

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if you take your head out of the clouds and take a breath of reality. you will know the only option is to send them all back to their original countries and close borders until stricter checks are in place.

[Cerilis]

What must we do @Tennisace!?

Did you just call @Tennisace to a thread he actually started?

[GennGreymane]

Did you just call @Tennisace to a thread he actually started?

We must always call the Tenn.

[Berengil]

Here's a crazy thought, maybe the U.S. should stop sending billions of dollars annually back to the drug cartels that are causing these countries to be so unstable.

Oh I certainly agree. I've never done any of that sh-t.

Another thing I would do if all the stars aligned and I became POTUS is designate the drug cartels as terrorist groups and drone strike them relentlessly.