We’ve been hearing for a while now that illegals are coming into the US, applying for asylum in droves. Well there’s a report out today that reveals just how bad the situation has gotten.
DHS, who is clearly operating at over-capacity levels, has released 24,000 illegals into the US in only two weeks, just this month.
Here’s more:
BREITBART – The Department of Homeland Security released 24,000 foreign family members who crossed through the United States-Mexico border into the U.S. over the course of two weeks this month, Breitbart News has confirmed.
In newly confirmed federal data from the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency, Breitbart News has learned that the country’s Catch and Release program has resulted in the mass release of border crossers and illegal aliens on a weekly basis.For months, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials have said privately that the Catch and Release program has been taken to new heights, while ICE union officials declared this week that the program was in “overdrive” under the direction of DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen.
Between March 5 and March 20, about 24,000 border crossers and illegal aliens have been released into the interior of the U.S. while they await their immigration and asylum hearings. The vast majority of these foreign nationals never appear at their hearings and the overwhelming majority are never deported from the country after release by DHS.
The Catch and Release process often entails federal immigration officials busing border crossers into nearby border cities and dropping them off with the promise that they will show up for their immigration and asylum hearings, sometimes years later.
The data obtained by Breitbart News reveals those 24,000 individuals were released through these areas:
2,500 border crossers released in San Diego, California
4,000 border crossers released in Phoenix, Arizona
7,500 border crossers released in El Paso, Texas
10,000 border crossers released in San Antonio, TexasOverall, in the last three months, 108,500 border crossers and illegal aliens have been released by DHS into the interior of the country. Nearly 50,000 of these border crossers and illegal aliens, alone, were released in the San Antonia area since the beginning of the year.
If these numbers indicate a pattern, then it looks like Texas is taking the brunt of this.
DHS told Breitbart in a statement that they’ve released Over 108,500 illegals into the US in the last 3 months because they just can’t keep up:
Since December 21, ICE has released approximately 108,500 family members into the interior of the United States; recently, for the first time during the influx, the agency has seen multiple days culminating in over 1,000 individuals released in the Rio Grande Valley alone. The sheer volume of family units (FAMU) crossing the border has overwhelmed ICE’s limited transportation resources; combined with a requirement to detain these individuals for no more than 20 days, the agency has no option but to expeditiously arrange for their release. ICE makes every attempt to coordinate the release of these individuals with NGOs that provide assistance with basic needs, but the heavy influx in recent months has inundated these organizations as well.
I wish I could bring you better news. But as it stands, it looks like America’s illegal alien problem continues to grow and it’s not going to slow down anytime soon.