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The non-partisan Center for Migration Studies says that about 42% of the undocumented population in 2014 were overstays, so not quite half. The same study shows that an increasing number are fleeing violence in Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua, and coming here for asylum.
The 2,000 Mile Wall in Search of a Purpose: Since 2007 Visa Overstays have Outnumbered Undocumented Border Crossers by a Half Million - The Center for Migration Studies of New York (CMS)
The Border Patrol says also that the number of attempted sneakers-in is the lowest it's been since 1971, and continuing to drop, as of 2017.
https://www.cbp.gov/sites/default/f...thwest Border Sector Apps FY1960 - FY2017.pdf
And Pew shows us that the number of undocumented immigrants is dropping.
5 facts about illegal immigration in the U.S.
I think that with the rate of entry and number of undocumented immigrants already here both dropping, and the fact that I think it is our moral responsibility to allow those claiming asylum at least a hearing, a wall is the wrong way to approach the issue. The money spent on it would be better spent on additional agents, technology, and immigration judges than on an expensive, difficult, and easily defeated wall.
It also blares an isolationist message to the rest of the world, but it doesn't exactly have a monopoly on that sentiment these days.
The 2,000 Mile Wall in Search of a Purpose: Since 2007 Visa Overstays have Outnumbered Undocumented Border Crossers by a Half Million - The Center for Migration Studies of New York (CMS)
The Border Patrol says also that the number of attempted sneakers-in is the lowest it's been since 1971, and continuing to drop, as of 2017.
https://www.cbp.gov/sites/default/f...thwest Border Sector Apps FY1960 - FY2017.pdf
And Pew shows us that the number of undocumented immigrants is dropping.
5 facts about illegal immigration in the U.S.
I think that with the rate of entry and number of undocumented immigrants already here both dropping, and the fact that I think it is our moral responsibility to allow those claiming asylum at least a hearing, a wall is the wrong way to approach the issue. The money spent on it would be better spent on additional agents, technology, and immigration judges than on an expensive, difficult, and easily defeated wall.
It also blares an isolationist message to the rest of the world, but it doesn't exactly have a monopoly on that sentiment these days.