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Illegal Immigration Took a 27 Percent Jump in May

posted onJune 10, 2017
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Article snippet: Posted at 5:00 pm on June 9, 2017 by Susan Wright Apparently, the Great Trump Border Scare has settled into the subconscious minds of immigrants looking to cross the border illegally. Over four months with no border wall and Obama’s “Dreamers” program (DACA) untouched does a lot to calm some formerly tattered nerves, I suppose. From the Washington Times: Those who oversee the border and Border Patrol (U.S. Customs and Border Protection) are suggesting that it’s a seasonal thing, and say to expect continued trends upward through the summer. The Center for Immigration Studies recently released numbers gathered from the U.S. Customs and Immigration Services (USCIS). For the period of January through March, 107,524 DACA renewals were approved, along with 17,275 new applications submitted. Of those numbers, 78 percent of them were approved under the Trump administration. You can study the USCIS report here. Would that be another broken campaign promise? I’m having trouble distinguishing between “broken promises” and “evolving positions,” at this point. Link to the full article to read more

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