One of the main reasons illegal aliens continue to attempt to enter our country illegally? Democratic policies incentivize them. They’re willing to put little children at risk to come here, because they know they’ll be given top priority. They know they can find refuge in “sanctuary cities.”
That’s why we need a wall. That’s why we need to enforce our laws.
The Trump administration has been making a great effort to make that happen, and it looks like it’s working.
We’re now seeing an increase in self-deportations.
Illegal immigrants who were granted voluntary departure — also known as “self-deportation” — increased by 50% in 2017, according to information compiled by The Marshall Project. In fiscal year 2018, the number of aliens who asked an immigration court for permission to leave the country on their own accord doubled from the previous fiscal year. Applications in 2018, in fact, reached a seven-year high.
The rising number of self-deportations far outpaces the 17% growth in overall U.S. immigration cases, indicating that a higher percentage of illegal migrants are opting to leave rather than face government-coerced deportation.
This is exactly what many predicted would happen. If you give them them incentives to stay, they will. If you take those incentives away, they’ll leave and return the correct way.
The numbers are viewed as a win for the Trump administration, which has made immigration reform and enforcement a top priority. The White House, for example, is preparing new rules that would make it easier to deport otherwise law-abiding migrants who are dependent on public benefits. The White House will soon begin training Border Patrol agents to perform and decide asylum cases on the spot, which will likely speed up deportation efforts.
It sounds like positive change all around.
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