>>>the level of asylum seekers and other migrants was not substantially different from the past couple decades. What's your source for this? This site[1] indic

>>>the level of asylum seekers and other migrants was not substantially different from the past couple decades. What's your source for this? This site[1] indicates otherwise (even the 10-year chart shows a huge growth in applications). And this article[2] states 800,000 people detained so far this year. I'm sure ICE and CBP's infrastructure and processes were never meant to handle populations of this size. Also, note that in [2] many of these people are asylum shopping. >>>We are setting a terrible precedent on the international stage for how people fleeing danger are treated. The precedent has already been set: impoverished people the world over know that if they are willing to accept some risk, they can lie their way into the US and get free stuff. People are kidnapping kids so they can pretend they are family. Migrants from central Africa have NGOs providing them with French-language documents on not cooperating with ICE or the US government. These people are buying plane tickets to Brazil, then taking buses ALLLLLL the way up Central America (lots of places to stop and apply for asylum there) so they can illegally cross the border into the US. Who is paying the salaries for these NGOs? And WHY? Those are the hard questions that aren't being asked. The narrative is one that appeals to empathy in order to obscure deeper issues. Look at this article[4]. It tries to paint a picture that the rights of African migrants are somehow being infringed upon because Mexico is not enabling them to move onward to the US. But this is specifically discouraged once you are out of your country of origin and no longer in immediate danger.[5] So again, ask yourself, why is this narrative being pushed? And why now? [1]https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/asylum-applications https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/asylum-applicatio... [2]https://www.voanews.com/usa/immigration/us-bound-migrants-asylum-seekers-wait-out-policy-changes https://www.voanews.com/usa/immigration/us-bound-migrants-as... [3]https://youtu.be/mJlOmMj21uM https://youtu.be/mJlOmMj21uM [4]https://prospect.org/power/african-asylum-seekers-u.s.-stuck-mexico-guatemala-border/ https://prospect.org/power/african-asylum-seekers-u.s.-stuck... [5]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refugee#Restriction_of_onward_movement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refugee#Restriction_of_onward_...