{"id":23775,"date":"2020-10-22T10:42:34","date_gmt":"2020-10-22T14:42:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/?p=23775"},"modified":"2020-10-22T10:42:35","modified_gmt":"2020-10-22T14:42:35","slug":"border-apprehensions-rising-factors-immigrationreform-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2020\/10\/22\/border-apprehensions-rising-factors-immigrationreform-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Border Apprehensions Rise, Several Factors At Play"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Things never seem to stay quiet on the immigration issue for very long. This past September, border apprehensions suddenly shot up to more than 57,000<\/a>, the highest total for the month of September in 15 years, as well as the highest number of apprehensions for the past fiscal year. For perspective, illegal alien apprehensions in April, after the beginning of the current COVID pandemic, were just over 17,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In addition to apprehensions climbing, the profile of the illegal aliens being caught changed drastically as well. During the height of last year\u2019s spike in illegal border crossings, adults with children accounted for roughly 70 percent of all apprehensions. The current spike is primarily single adult males from Mexico<\/a>, who make up 56 percent of total apprehensions, with adults accompanied by children accounting for only 14 percent of the total arrests. <\/p>\n\n\n\n What could account for this sudden\nuptick in pressure on the border?<\/p>\n\n\n\n With all of these incentives in\nplace, it will be a real challenge, regardless of who wins the 2020 election,\nto regain and retain control of our nation\u2019s borders given that incentives are\nprovided on both the federal and state levels. Clearly, whoever is in charge is\ngoing to have to close the loopholes that have allowed states to provide\nbenefits to illegal aliens and make clear to Congress that border security and\nwelfare benefits for illegal aliens are huge policy inconsistencies. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Things never seem to stay quiet on the immigration issue for very long. This past September, border apprehensions suddenly shot up to more than 57,000, the highest total for the month of September in 15 years, as well as the highest number of apprehensions for the past fiscal year. For perspective, illegal alien apprehensions in<\/p>\n