El Sueño Americano / The American Dream

Re:El Sueño Americano / The American Dream by SketchySeaBeast on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @12:49PM (#32567626)

> While the number of encounters was the highest on record last fiscal year, the number of individuals encountered was considerably lower. That’s because more than a quarter of all migrant encounters at U.S. borders in both fiscal 2021 and fiscal 2020 (27% and 26%, respectively) involved repeat crossers, according to CBP statistics. By comparison, the proportion of repeat border crossers was much lower in the 2019 fiscal year (7%), before the Border Patrol began regularly expelling migrants during the coronavirus outbreak.

This evidence runs exactly contrary to both the "open border" and "unprecedented numbers" theory and indicates a change in policy that directly explains the new numbers.

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Re:El Sueño Americano / The American Dream by nradov on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @01:13PM (#32567966)

No, the evidence supports that we effectively have a (mostly) open border. Illegal immigrants who make it through the border are usually not expelled immediately. Many are processed and released pending some kind of further action. This can stretch out for years, especially if they claim asylum (even without evidence to justify the claim).

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Re:El Sueño Americano / The American Dream by SketchySeaBeast on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @01:19PM (#32568059)

> Illegal immigrants who make it through the border are usually not expelled immediately. Many are processed and released pending some kind of further action. This can stretch out for years, especially if they claim asylum (even without evidence to justify the claim).

And yet the quote I just gave says the increase is due to people being removed from the country and trying to get back in.

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