Border report: Illegal immigration set to break record, VIP smuggling offered
10/3/16 9:53 AM
The newest surge in illegal immigration from Mexico did not slow in August, as expected, and now is on the verge of breaking the 2014 record, driven by deported migrants eager to return and illegals paying smugglers extra money for VIP services, according to a new report from the border.
"FY2016 has already seen the second highest number of apprehensions in the last five years, and will likely come close to or even exceed the number of apprehensions as the crisis year of 2014," said the report from two immigration experts for the Wilson Center who recently return from a border tour to conduct interviews with immigrants.
What was surprising, said the report, is that the expected slowdown in illegal immigration in August, when the heat typically drives people away, didn't occur.
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