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Comment by llamaimperative

1 year ago

The more important number is how many people attempted crossing, which jumped significantly during Biden. This probably has something to do with their phenomenally cratered economies during COVID, multiple destabilized governments in LatAm, and severe climate migration.

That's a big part of why the Biden administration (on day one) proposed a bill that created a large economic development grant for LatAm while also modernizing border security.

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zer8k  1 year ago

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  • llamaimperative  1 year ago

    Oof, rumor mill strikes again.

    No, 85% of apprehensions don't result in release into the country. That is a number that you'll have a hard time substantiating. Allegedly Mayorkas said it to the CBP union, according to the CBP union.

    Below is an actual analysis of actual data from the right-leaning Cato Institute. The real number is somewhere in the 40-50% range and has been stable through most administrations (and, shockingly, Trump released more illegal immigrants into the country than Biden).

    In addition to letting immigrants into the country at a higher rate, Trump also specifically slowed down deportation processing for violent immigrants, keeping them in the country, free (as is required by the Constitution's Equal Protection and Due Process clauses) for longer.

    https://www.cato.org/blog/new-data-show-migrants-were-more-l...

    https://www.themarshallproject.org/2019/07/16/trump-tried-to...