Frustration is mounting along the Texas border as federal officials struggle to check a surge of Central Americans illegally crossing into the state—an influx critics say is being aggravated because the Obama administration is allowing more migrants, primarily women traveling with children, to be released into the U.S. pending deportation proceedings.
The Department of Homeland Security hasn’t disclosed statistics on how many immigrants it has released. But the agency has confirmed that due to a shortage of detention space in Texas, it has shipped hundreds of immigrants recently apprehended in Texas to Arizona for processing, and subsequently dropped some off at bus stations there, allowing them to travel to locations around the country until they can be deported.
That has angered Republican Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, who sent a letter to President Barack Obama on June 2 asking that he “end this dangerous and unconscionable policy immediately.”
Campoy goes on to point out that in the last eight months over 47,000 unaccompanied minors have been caught coming in illegally to the U.S., and that number is expected to double by the end of this year.
Meanwhile, frustration is building on the front lines of the immigration fight as Texas law enforcement officials say the volume of illegal human smuggling is creating spillover effects north of the border, including a rise in stash houses to hide immigrants, auto theft and communicable diseases.Please read more here.
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