Former Border Patrol Chief: CBP to Release 650,000 Illegals into U.S. This YearFormer Border Patrol Chief Mark Morgan told the Senate Homeland Security Committee Thursday that the Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) anticipates that 650,000 illegal immigrants will be released into the United States this year.
Morgan cited CBP estimates that the agency anticipates apprehending 1 million illegal immigrants trying to cross the border this year. He said 60 to 65 percent of illegals entering the country are families or minors, who are typically released into the U.S.
Following this trend, Morgan predicted that 650,000 illegals will be released into the country.
During his opening testimony, Morgan dispelled what he said were “false narratives†some have about illegal immigration.
“Here’s a couple false narratives quick I’d like to address:
only 15 percent of those coming in … are found to have valid asylum claims, which really debunks the uniform outrage often used that immigrants are fleeing from extreme violence and persecution. In fact, recent statistics that I’ve seen have shown that the murder rate per capita has declined in the northern triangle countries. Baltimore, for example, has a higher murder rate per capita than Guatemala,†he said......
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