Wednesday, May 08, 2019

Feds released 168,000 illegal immigrant family members into communities

The government is so overwhelmed by the border surge that it’s already released 168,000 illegal immigrant family members directly into communities, the government said Wednesday. An ICE official made the revelation at a Senate hearing where she and other top immigration officials pleaded with Congress to do something to stop the surge of migrants that’s overwhelming the system. April set new records, with the Border Patrol nabbing more than 58,000 illegal immigrants traveling as families in that month alone. And for the first time in history, nearly half of the adults arriving are bringing children with them, looking to take advantage of the loopholes in U.S. policy that they believe — usually correctly — will earn them a foothold in the U.S...MORE

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