Mexico Deporting More Illegals Than U.S.

The Mexican government is boasting about capturing 58,000 Central American migrants, while deporting more than 51,000 during the first quarter of 2015. That's a 79% increase over last year. Mexican authorities say they've have cracked down on illegal aliens crossing their southern border since last year's surge. “Its ironic that Mexico has actually departed more illegal Central American migrants than the United States is,” says Jessica Vaughan at the Center for Immigration Studies. “We are not, in fact, removing any of the people who have come in the surge.” Vaughan calls it a good first step, but Mexico's involvement doesn't solve the real problem, “They keep coming because our policies provide such a huge incentive for them to keep trying to get here.”...more