Wait times at the ports of entry along the U.S.-Mexico border have soared as the Trump administration diverts officers to handle an influx of immigrants, leaving trucks backed up for hours and industry leaders warning of possible produce shortages and supply-chain interruptions.
The clogged checkpoints are frustrating bankers, business leaders, local residents and even Mexico's foreign minister, who called the reassignment of hundreds of border officers to other parts of the nearly 2,000-mile boundary a "very bad idea." The shift in enforcement efforts is overwhelming legal checkpoints and impeding the free flow of goods and services, in some cases increasing wait times nearly fivefold.
Border Patrol officials have repeatedly warned that immigration holding cells are jammed beyond capacity, with 10,000 to 13,000 in custody, creating dangerous and unsanitary conditions for migrants and officers. Authorities have said they are overwhelmed at the border and need more detention beds, officers and judicial support to process the rush of migrants.
The slowdowns at the border have come as the Department of Homeland Security has faced political upheaval amid a record surge of migrants that included apprehensions topping 100,000 last month.
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[And this crushing surge of illiegal immigrants on our border was generated by whom? Trump? --Editor]
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3 comments:
Cut to the chase. This country is being invaded. Call it what you want but it is an invasion!. Time to stop trying to reason with these people and break out the rubber bullets. If that doesn't deter them, break out the lead bullets. Set one foot in our country illegally and the result is fast and swift!
Why are we housing people who want come here legal or illegal let them stay in Mexico until border agents have time to get to them. Commerce has to move. Who makes these stupid decisions? If you are an American with proof of citizenship OK come on, everybody else will just have to wait,no matter how long.
It used to be bring us your tired, pour those looking for jobs now its your rapists, thugs, looking for hand outs, and murderers. Times have changed, they no longer want to work they want the good life our jobs, homes and families. Wake up America forget what used to be.
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