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Politics : The Trump Presidency

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To: Katelew who wrote (127994)7/6/2019 1:09:30 PM
From: combjelly  Read Replies (1) of 356359
 
Just think it through. Illegal immigration is not a political issue and has nothing to do with race. It's an economic issue.

If that is true, then why is all of the focus on the border with Mexico? More come in legally and overstay their visas.

About 700,000 travelers to the United States overstayed their visas in fiscal 2017, the most recent year for which the Department of Homeland Security has published figures. DHS estimated that, as of Sept. 30, 2017, the end of that fiscal year, more than 600,000 of those travelers were still in the U.S.

During that same year, there were just 300,000 apprehensions along the Southern border, according to Customs and Border Protection — the lowest number since 1971.


npr.org

A wall wouldn't make any difference to those.
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