President Biden last month downplayed the surge in migrants coming to the southern border, saying surges happen "every year" -- but while that is the case, the numbers released Thursday show that the current surge is dwarfing anything in recent memory.
"The truth of the matter is: Nothing has changed. It happens every single, solitary year: There is a significant increase in the number of people coming to the border in the winter months of January, February, March. That happens every year.
There are frequently increases in migration toward the end of winter and beginning of spring -- with officials sometimes speaking about "migration season." The peak is often around May, at which point numbers begin to drop off. "
- President Joe Biden
JOE BIDEN LIED AND CONTINUES TO LIE:
"The numbers being encountered during the Biden administration are not something that happens every year.
- Over 172,000 migrants were encountered in March, the highest number in nearly twenty years.
- 18,890 unaccompanied children -- a 100% increase from the already high numbers encountered in February, and the largest monthly number ever recorded."
President Biden last month downplayed the surge in migrants coming to the southern border, saying surges happen "every year" -- but while that is the case, the numbers released Thursday show that the current surge is dwarfing anything in recent memory.
www.foxnews.com
Of course it's seasonal. Or do you think that people from Central America are going to want to take that long walk in the heat of summer in July and August. Early in the year when winter is just about to give way to spring is the smartest time to make that trek. And this year is worse because of a couple of devastating hurricanes last year which pretty much destroyed everything.
They didn't advance like locusts until Biden 'Come one, Come all', stole the election, nimrod.
How long do you think it would take for the average person (with small children) to walk 1,400 miles without killing themselves in the process? Keep in mind that you'd have to find food, water, and shelter every day while also carrying supplies like, clothes, blankets, and water (which just happens to weigh 8 pounds/gallon).
I don't give a flying ****! That is their decision!!
THEY ARE NOT OUR RESPONSIBILTY!!!
My question was meant for you to THINK about how long it takes to walk that kind of distance. I should have realized I was asking for too much. However, once they are inside our borders, of course they're our responsibility, both morally and legally.
Thanx to Joe, the Dimm-shits, and their supporters.
That's not true. Migration (as opposed to immigration) is a naturally occurring phenomenon for humans as well as it is in nature. Europe experienced a massive migration of Syrians due to the war that Assad waged on his own people. Our own country saw a massive wave of migration from the Cubans (fleeing Castro) in the 1960s and from Haiti in the 1980s.
People will generally stay where they were born until or unless life become intolerable for some reason. The potato famine brought the Irish to our shores in the 1800s.
And get ready for what is to come because climate change is going to cause massive shifts in populations when living conditions around the equator will cause people to move because human life will no longer be sustainable. This is one of the areas where conservatives are so shortsighted. You see, you guys want to deny climate change instead of addressing it, and you're simply setting the stage for millions of people migrating north.
Migration is only naturally occurring when a Country like our's has open borders!
Your open borders comment is just more RW rhetorical nonsense. Our borders are not "open." Neither are they "closed."
We do a lot of trade with both Mexico and Canada, but there are manned border crossings where everyone is required to stop. I should know since I've walked over a bridge to go from Laredo, Texas to Nuevo Laredo, Mexico and back again. Cars are stopped, people are questioned, and documentation is required, but that doesn't mean that people can't get around the system safeguards. After all, that's what drug smugglers and Coyotes do.
I keep hearing conservative idiots talk about "SEAL the border!" That's not just stupid, it's nonsense. Do you have any idea how much business passes north and south on both of our borders for American companies that are dependent on foreign suppliers? It's billions of dollars.
I wish you guys would educate yourself before you inflict your uninformed opinions on the rest of us!