Border officials alarmed by migrants abandoned in the desert Associated Press Study: Average of 22 million illegal immigrants in US Smugglers in recent weeks have been abandoning large groups of Guatemalan and other Central American migrants in Arizona's harsh cactus-studded Sonoran Desert near the border with Mexico, alarming Border Patrol officials who say the trend is putting hundreds of children at risk. Collectively, more than 1,400 migrants have been left by smugglers in the broiling desert — or in one case in a drenching thunderstorm — in remote areas by the border since Aug. 20. One group was as large as 275 people. "We've seen large groups in the past, but never on this scale," Tucson-based Border Patrol Agent Daniel Hernandez said. "It's definitely a serious concern because their safety is being put in jeopardy." Hernandez said the latest case involved 61 people rescued by agents last week from rising floodwaters caused by unusually heavy rains in an isolated area and "it could have been a much, much worse situation if the rain continued." BORDER PATROL AGENTS SEIZE METH BUNDLES WORTH MORE THAN $1.4M, OFFICIALS SAY Unlike Texas, where people turn themselves in on the banks of the Rio Grande, the smugglers in in Arizona have been dumping groups of migrant families on a remote dirt road running along the southern limit of the Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument west of the Lukeville border crossing with Mexico. Summer temperatures there can soar close to 120 degrees (49 Celsius). The migrants are sometimes provided with food and water, but not always, and they often require medical care for back and ankle injuries or lacerations. The traffickers have "no regard for the safety and well-being of these families," Tucson Sector Chief Rodolfo Karisch said last week. Two larger groups of migrants from Guatemala and Honduras were also found abandoned last week near Yuma. Border Patrol officers said 108 people were found just before midnight Oct. 2 a half-mile west of the San Luis Port of Entry and five hours later, agents apprehended 56 Central Americans a mile east of the same border crossing. While Mexican men traveling without relatives once made up the bulk of the migrants, Guatemalans and other Central Americans traveling in families or as unaccompanied minors are now the norm. U.S. Immigration and Control Enforcement in Arizona began releasing hundreds of people Sunday to await court dates, saying it didn't have the capacity to hold an "incredibly high volume" of migrant families showing up at the border. Republican Sen. Jon Kyl of Arizona on Wednesday asked Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen and other officials to investigate ways of dealing with a wave of migrants he said was overwhelming Yuma and other parts of southern Arizona. He said at a Senate hearing that he worried about people being threatened "by an enormous number of illegal entrants ... some of whom may not be making asylum claims." Nielsen said she didn't know how many of the migrants in southern Arizona had made asylum claims, but would look into it. Randy Capps, research director for U.S. programs at the Migration Policy Institute think tank in Washington, said Thursday the smugglers may be bringing the Central Americans through Arizona because it's less patrolled than Texas. He noted that migrants traveling as families are likely to be released much more quickly than lone adult travelers because of limits on holding children. "As families, they can then often wait years inside the U.S. until they hear back on their asylum claims," he said. Under federal law and international treaties, people can obtain asylum in the U.S. if they have a well-grounded fear of persecution in their countries, but Trump administration officials charge that the system is rife with fraud and groundless claims and have called for stricter standards. About eight of every 10 asylum-seekers pass an initial screening and are then either held in an immigration detention center or released on bond into the U.S. while their cases wind through immigration courts. Many claims are ultimately denied. Hernandez said the smugglers instructed the migrants to seek asylum or some other kind of U.S. protective status, but interviews have indicated they came to the U.S. to improve their economic situation and were headed to places including Charleston, South Carolina; Oakland, California and Homestead, Florida. Ali Noorani, executive director of the Washington advocacy group National Immigration Forum, said the government doesn't have the resources to deal with the wave of migrants and "should use some of that money to address the root causes of poverty and violence in Guatemala and process the asylum cases in a fair manner." Central Americans typically cite violence in their homelands when applying for asylum claims. The recently apprehended migrants came from Honduras and El Salvador, which like Guatemala are home to deadly gangs like the MS-13. From Oct. 1, 2017 through Aug. 31, nearly double the number of Guatemalans and more than twice as many Salvadorans were arrested compared with the same 11-month period the year before. The most recent statistics from the Customs and Border Protection agency show that apprehensions of people traveling in families and as unaccompanied minors were also way up. Of the more than 90,000 migrants traveling in families who were apprehended during the 11-month period, close to half were from Guatemala. The rest were from Honduras, El Salvador and Mexico. https://www.foxnews.com/us/border-officials-alarmed-by-migrants-abandoned-in-the-desert
Meanwhile, Millions of Syrians and immigrants from other Islamic countries have marched in mass to Turkey, Jordan and Europe.
2 MS-13 gang members wanted in New York City teen’s stabbing, police say By Katherine Lam | Fox News MS-13 is associated with a spate of brutal and violent killings. How did the gang originate, and how widespread are its members? Authorities are hunting for two suspected MS-13 gang members who allegedly stabbed a teenager in New York City in August, police said. Dani Cruz, 25, and Maxwell Martinez, 24 are wanted for allegedly stabbing a 17-year-old boy in the chest around 10:30 p.m. on Aug. 31. The incident occurred near Long Island Railroad's Jamaica station in Queens. Police in the 103rd Precinct released the photos of the gang members Sunday in hopes of leading to an arrest nearly two months after the stabbing. Police said both men are “considered armed and dangerous.” The teen survived the attack and was taken to the hospital in stable condition, ABC7NY reported. People with information on the two suspects are urged to contact Det. Norcott at 718-657-8220. Parts of Long Island and Queens have been ravaged by violence at the hands of MS-13 gang members in recent years. In August, four alleged MS-13 members were arrested after they attempted to kill a 16-year-old boy in Queens. The teen survived the shooting, but was left paralyzed, the New York Post reported. On Long Island, the murder of Nisa Mickens and Kayla Cuevas by MS-13 gang members captured nationwide attention, including President Trump who invited the grieving parents to the State of the Union address in January. Cuevas’ mother, Evelyn Rodriguez, died in September after being struck by an SUV just before a memorial service for her daughter’s death. https://www.foxnews.com/us/2-ms-13-gang-members-wanted-in-new-york-city-teens-stabbing-police-say
I don't see in that story where the two are identified as immigrants, illegal or otherwise. Or are we just posting stories about bad people with hispanic names? barfo
Border Patrol arrests record number of illegals crossing southern border By Griff Jenkins, Bree Tracey | Fox News Border Patrol agents face spike in illegal immigration Texas Border Patrol agents apprehend illegal immigrants daily, report 'family unit' apprehensions are rising on the border; correspondent Griff Jenkins says. McAllen, Texas. Hours before the sun rises above the horizon, Border Patrol agents in McAllen, Texas, are examining the streets to track down illegal immigrants attempting to cross what is the most heavily trafficked area along the U.S.-Mexico border. Just minutes into the first hour of their shift, one agent gets a notification on his radio that multiple groups of illegal immigrants can be seen through infrared scanners. The agents hop out of their vans and cross a pair of train tracks into a wet, dewy field, where they find three illegal immigrants hiding in the bushes – one with an injured foot. The agents pull these immigrants to the side of the road for questioning before they are taken in for processing. What complicates the matter is that U.S. officials say detention centers and holding facilities are at capacity, so many of the illegals seen being arrested will be released -- there is just nowhere for them to go. This pattern continued hour after hour as different groups were continually captured, with dozens of illegals being arrested before 9 a.m. During a 12-hour shift in the Rio Grande Valley sector, a Fox News team witnessed more than 75 apprehensions by these Border Patrol agents – mostly groups of men in the morning followed by more families in the afternoon. Raul Ortiz, who is the deputy chief of Border Patrol agents, called this business as usual -- agents are averaging up to 641 arrests every day. “The family units will be processed and probably will be released after they receive a notice to appear at an immigration hearing date and the unaccompanied children will be turned over to HHS and placed into a shelter,” said Ortiz, adding that in the Rio Grande Valley alone they are seeing a 300 percent increase in family units crossing the border. An overwhelming majority of illegal immigrants seized are labeled “OTM” or “Other Than Mexican.” These individuals migrate from countries such as Guatemala, Honduras or El Salvador, and they are coming over in record numbers. More than 16,000 family members were apprehended last month, which is an 80 percent increase since July, when the Trump administration decided to reverse a zero tolerance policy on immigration. More than 107,000 members of these “family units” were taken into custody in 2018, shattering the previous record of nearly 78,000 in 2016. Overall, that is more than 369,000 arrests along the border in 2018. Most of these immigrants told Fox News they are coming to the United States for work, yet the increasing number of immigrants crossing the border has increased the demand for agents whose work is nonstop - each hour bringing a new group of arrests. This, as thousands of Central American migrants in a human caravan are streaming over the international bridge from Guatemala into Mexico after breaking through metal gates at the border fence.
Hmm, let's see. 4,000 immigrants out of 320,000,000 makes one out of every 80,000. Did you know that more Latin Americans are leaving the U.S. than entering it?
MS13 comprise 1% of American gangs. https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ms-13-gang-trump_us_5a715a5de4b0be822ba18540
My point is you put the emphasis on hispanic names and downplayed M13 as a ruthless gang. And it's a fact that many of them are illegal, so way question that in any way?
so you don't either think they are ruthless and a problem just because they represent a small %. These guys are like a cancer that cant be treated without removing them one way or the other. To do nothing because their numbers are small now Lanny will only allow them to spread. These guys weren't around tell our border were not properly managed. The way you keep and engine's speed down is by a governor. To govern means control.
