The issue of verifying citizenship is as old as the existence of citizenship in the first place. While there’s no doubt these stories are magnified more than e

The issue of verifying citizenship is as old as the existence of citizenship in the first place. While there’s no doubt these stories are magnified more than ever, I’m wondering if there’s any reason to believe this is actually an issue that is statistically becoming more common over the last 4-, 8-, 12- years, or if in fact, many of these practices are actually becoming less common but they are also becoming more widely discussed? Two unaccompanied kids walk across the border near Tijuana carrying US passports, one with a picture from many years before which makes her hard to identify and are detained. The brother signs papers (under duress) “admitting” the sister is actually his cousin and not a citizen. The girl is held for 36 hours before being released. A bad situation all around. Is it more common, or do we just hear about it now?