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> There is no flood of immigrants waiting for the gates to open. False. There were 1.65 million border patrol apprehensions in 2021, triple the typical annual
by adventured 4y ago
> There is no flood of immigrants waiting for the gates to open.
False. There were 1.65 million border patrol apprehensions in 2021, triple the typical annual numbers during the prior decade. They were in fact waiting for the gates to open (waiting for a more pro immigration administration). That figure from 2021 roughly matches the all-time high figure from 1986.
The US would receive ten plus million additional immigrants per year, from all around the world, were it to throw the gates open to any and all. Asia, Africa and Latin America would each send several million people per year.
- runarberg 4y agoThere is a flaw in your logic. A rise in border apprehensions can be for multiple mutually inclusive reasons, only one of them is an influx in total migrants. Other possibilities include more border agents, better patrol equipment and intelligence, stricter border laws, fewer avenues for legal migrations (hence OP). This could even be because of some mundane changes in how these numbers are tallied, categorized, or published between years.