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Lol those numbers are probably people who made it to court. Not very long ago (December), border control encountered 15k people per day who turned themselves in
by wakawaka28 2y ago
Lol those numbers are probably people who made it to court. Not very long ago (December), border control encountered 15k people per day who turned themselves in for processing. They're getting court dates up to 8 years out. In the meantime, they get to stay and work.
- n4r9 2y agoFor the benefit of anyone else who gets this far and is curious about the actual figures... Over December, there were just under 250k encounters with migrants crossing from Mexico. That is an average of roughly 8k per day. These are apprehended and detained pending a decision on whether they can remain, and are not given work authorization [1]. Migrants can be deported if they have committed certain crimes, or are not deemed to be in any danger in their home country. It is wildly misleading to suggest that 15k people per day are getting through the border and starting work in the US. [0] https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/02/15/migrant-encounters-at-the-us-mexico-border-hit-a-record-high-at-the-end-of-2023/ https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/02/15/migrant-e... [1] https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/8/1226 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/8/1226