Sec. Nielsen: Border Systems Pushed to "Breaking Point"
Published:
Thu, Dec 27th 2018 @ 2:25 pm EST
In the wake of the death of a second migrant child in federal detention, Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen blamed smugglers, traffickers, and migrant parents for pushing border security systems to the “breaking point.†She cited several “draw factors†that caused the recent surge, including an asylum process that encourages fraudulent claims and rewards parents for sending or bringing their children across the border.
The following are excerpts from Nielsen’s statement:
"In recent months, we have seen a dramatic increase at the border of families and unaccompanied children crossing our border illegally. In the last two months alone, the Border Patrol has apprehended 139,817 illegal aliens on the Southwest Border as compared to 74,946 during the same time frame of FY 2018. This is an increase of 86%. In just two months into this fiscal year we have seen 68,510 family units and 13,981 unaccompanied children.
https://www.numbersusa.com/news/sec-nielsen-border-systems-pushed-breaking-point
