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The recent media-generated hysteria surrounding border separations has led many Americans to believe that immigration horror stories only started under President Donald Trump, when, in reality, many of the terrifying stories were largely ignored during former President Barack Obama's presidency.
Here are four immigration horror stories that happened during the Obama administration:
4. Kept More Than Double The Number Of Children In Detention Centers Than Trump White House. Newsweek reports:
3. The Obama Administration Knowingly Let Admitted MS-13 Gang Members Into The U.S. The Washington Times reports:
2. The Obama Administration Held Mexican Kids For Months As Punishment For Border-Crossing. The Washington Post reports:
[Border Patrol agent Robert Harris'] intelligence analysts estimated that 78 percent of the guides smuggling other migrants were Mexicans younger than 18 — teenagers often hired or conscripted by drug cartels that knew they would not be prosecuted if caught — and he wanted to attack this loophole.
“Why don’t we remove these juveniles from the smuggling cycle?” Harris, the outgoing commander of the Laredo sector of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, recalled thinking.
Now, as a result of that decision, young Mexicans are being held for months without charge in shelters across the United States, sometimes without their parents’ knowledge. Since the program began in May, 536 juveniles have been held — 248 of whom have been deported to Mexico after an average stay of 75 days, according to Border Patrol statistics. Mexican authorities say some of these repeat border-crossers have spent as much as six months in U.S. custody while they await an appearance before an immigration judge.
1. The Obama Administration Placed Immigrant Children With Human Traffickers. The New York Times reports:
"It is intolerable that human trafficking — modern-day slavery — could occur in our own backyard, but what makes the Marion cases even more alarming is that a U.S. government agency was responsible for delivering some of the victims into the hands of their abusers," said Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH), Senate’s Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. "Whatever your views on immigration policy, everyone can agree that the administration has a responsibility to ensure the safety of the migrant kids that have entered government custody until their immigration court date."
The recent media-generated hysteria surrounding border separations has led many Americans to believe that immigration horror stories only started under President Donald Trump, when, in reality, many of the terrifying stories were largely ignored during former President Barack Obama's presidency.
Here are four immigration horror stories that happened during the Obama administration:
4. Kept More Than Double The Number Of Children In Detention Centers Than Trump White House. Newsweek reports:
3. The Obama Administration Knowingly Let Admitted MS-13 Gang Members Into The U.S. The Washington Times reports:
2. The Obama Administration Held Mexican Kids For Months As Punishment For Border-Crossing. The Washington Post reports:
[Border Patrol agent Robert Harris'] intelligence analysts estimated that 78 percent of the guides smuggling other migrants were Mexicans younger than 18 — teenagers often hired or conscripted by drug cartels that knew they would not be prosecuted if caught — and he wanted to attack this loophole.
“Why don’t we remove these juveniles from the smuggling cycle?” Harris, the outgoing commander of the Laredo sector of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, recalled thinking.
Now, as a result of that decision, young Mexicans are being held for months without charge in shelters across the United States, sometimes without their parents’ knowledge. Since the program began in May, 536 juveniles have been held — 248 of whom have been deported to Mexico after an average stay of 75 days, according to Border Patrol statistics. Mexican authorities say some of these repeat border-crossers have spent as much as six months in U.S. custody while they await an appearance before an immigration judge.
1. The Obama Administration Placed Immigrant Children With Human Traffickers. The New York Times reports:
"It is intolerable that human trafficking — modern-day slavery — could occur in our own backyard, but what makes the Marion cases even more alarming is that a U.S. government agency was responsible for delivering some of the victims into the hands of their abusers," said Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH), Senate’s Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. "Whatever your views on immigration policy, everyone can agree that the administration has a responsibility to ensure the safety of the migrant kids that have entered government custody until their immigration court date."
