Is it ‘slavery’ of our past that has our politicians afraid of getting aggressive on immigration and deportations?

[EvilCat Breath]

Actually the late 90s had almost as many illegal border crossers yes

No. In the 90s, I was there working with the Border Patrol. There was mostly drug mules and a few invaders. Now there are tens of thousands of people from all over the world.

 

[Lesh]

What’s happening at the U.S.-Mexico border in 7 charts

The U.S. Border Patrol reported more than 1.6 million encounters with migrants along the U.S.-Mexico border in the 2021 fiscal year.

www.pewresearch.org

1.64 million in the late 90s
1.69 million on 2021

 

[Lesh]

No. In the 90s, I was there working with the Border Patrol. There was mostly drug mules and a few invaders. Now there are tens of thousands of people from all over the world.

Sure ya were

 

[Unkotare]

People have been committing rape for a very long time.

Share with your therapist, not here.

 

[d0gbreath]

not like it is now....

It wasn't militarized on our side back then, which the citizens in El Paso are now complaining about. They say that it makes things more dangerous.

 

[Lesh]

not like it is now....

There have been times when there was almost the same number of border crossers.

This is not unprecedented. We have a labor shortage and their countries are fucked up (Venezuela for example).

What would you expect?

Here’s an idea. Let’s pass comprehensive immigration reform. Oh wait we tried that and the GOP freaked out