{"id":23319,"date":"2020-08-05T13:37:20","date_gmt":"2020-08-05T17:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/?p=23319"},"modified":"2020-08-05T13:37:22","modified_gmt":"2020-08-05T17:37:22","slug":"apprehensions-at-the-border-are-up-yet-remain-well-below-2019s-historic-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2020\/08\/05\/apprehensions-at-the-border-are-up-yet-remain-well-below-2019s-historic-high\/","title":{"rendered":"Apprehensions at the Border Are Up, Yet Remain Well Below 2019’s Historic High"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Illegal alien apprehensions along America\u2019s southwest border continue to climb for the second month in a row, with June<\/a> apprehensions exceeding 32,000, more than double those of April. While this is a concerning trend, these levels are well below those of a last year, when in June 2019, apprehensions topped more than 104,000. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Emergency measures<\/a> taken at the onslaught of the COVID-19 outbreak \u2013 like immediately returning apprehended illegal aliens to the country from where they entered instead of detaining them in holding facilities \u2013 have further strengthened deterrence measures against illegal immigration already in place prior to the outbreak of the pandemic.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

These\ninclude:  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Safe third country agreements<\/a> with Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras that require migrants to seek asylum in the first safe country they pass through, instead of \u201casylum shopping\u201d their way to the United States. <\/li>
  2. The \u201cRemain in Mexico\u201d Policy<\/a>, also known as the Migration Policy Protocols, provides that select classes of migrants seeking asylum in the U.S. must wait in Mexico until their immigration hearing date. The policy has all but eliminated the notorious \u201ccatch and release\u201d practice, where migrants would be apprehended and released into the interior of the country and never be seen again.<\/a> This system had been undermining immigration enforcement for decades. <\/li>
  3. The Border Wall, a strong deterrent not only to illegal immigration but also human and drug trafficking, continues its expansion in key hotspots along the southern border. To date, more than 265 miles<\/a> of new border wall have been constructed, with a target of roughly 450 miles<\/a> of new wall being built by the end of the year.\u00a0 <\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    For those who once believed that\ncontrolling our southern border was all but impossible, they\u2019ve been proven\nwrong, thankfully. The ability to control the movement of people across\ninternational borders has been identified by countries\nacross the globe<\/a> as an essential part of containing the COVID-19\npandemic. Strong border controls, coupled with strategically placed travel\nbans, will help ensure the containment, and hopefully more effective control of\nthis virus in the U.S. and abroad. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Illegal alien apprehensions along America\u2019s southwest border continue to climb for the second month in a row, with June apprehensions exceeding 32,000, more than double those of April. While this is a concerning trend, these levels are well below those of a last year, when in June 2019, apprehensions topped more than 104,000. \u00a0 Emergency<\/p>\n

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