Should Southern Border Security be improved? (POL)

From The US Customs and Border Protection Agency:

Southwest Border Unaccompanied Alien Children (0-17 yr old) Apprehensions
FY 2013 - 38,759
FY 2014 - 68,541 [+77%]

Southwest Border Family Unit Apprehensions
FY 2013 - 14,855
FY 2014 - 68,445 [+361%]

Ref: CBP: Southwest Border Unaccompanied Alien Children (FY 2014)



And there's this for 2015:

"The majority of illegal alien juveniles taken into ICE custody are ultimately released to family members in the United States, and only a small number are ever repatriated. About 90 percent of the recent Central American arrivals who had hearings scheduled last summer [2014] and fall failed to appear at their immigration hearings and have melted into the larger illegal alien population.

There were a few young children (including 25 infants under age 1) apprehended, but the vast majority — 84 percent — were between the ages of 13 and 17 when they were booked. Thirty-one percent of the total claimed to be age 17 at the time of booking.

Seventy percent of the minors were males.

The family arrivals continue as well. Last week DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson told members of the House appropriations committee that the Border Patrol apprehended 1,622 illegal aliens who arrived as part of a family unit in January and another 2,043 family members in February. Rep. Henry Cuellar, a Democratic member of the committee from south Texas, where most of these apprehensions have taken place, made a point of expressing his constituents' disapproval of what he referred to as "catch and release" policies that are contributing to the ongoing influx from Central America.

ICE has taken custody of illegal alien juveniles from 27 different countries this year [through Mar 2015]. Nearly 90 percent were from four Central American countries (Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua, in that order); half were from Guatemala alone. The rest were from Armenia, the Bahamas, Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Ghana, Haiti, India, Mexico, Nepal, Nigeria, Peru, Romania, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, the United Kingdom, and Vietnam."
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Ref: Center for Immigration Studies

Ahh, . . . . Life is good. DonDiego was just thinking the other day, . . . "What this Country really needs is more young males from Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua."

But poor old DonDiego's wish may be erroneous:



"The Mara Salvatrucha, or MS13, is perhaps the most notorious street gang in the Western Hemisphere. While it has its origins in the poor, refugee-laden neighborhoods of 1980s Los Angeles, the gang’s reach now extends from Central American nations like El Salvador and through Mexico, the United States, and Canada. They rob, extort and bully their way into neighborhoods and have gradually turned to transnational crimes such as human smuggling and drug trafficking. Their activities have helped make the Northern Triangle -- Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras -- the most violent place in the world that is not at war. In October 2012, the US Department of the Treasury labeled the group a 'transnational criminal organization,' the first such designation for a US street gang."
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Ref: insightcrime

Maybe that Guatemala, El Salvadore, Honduras thing is just a coincidence.

Ooh, scary picture.

Of course according to The Economist, "American white guys with high-school diplomas are more likely to get tossed in the can than Guatemalan or Honduran fellows without them."

Meaning DonDiego's photo isn't just an appeal to racists, it's an appeal to stupid people.

DonDiego thanks forkush for his thoughtful criticism. He stands corrected.

Based on forkush's extensive research, DonDiego is certain that any tattooed adolescent newcomers from one of the most violent places on the planet are likely already engaged in productive agrarian pursuits, . . . probably at this very minute harvesting an avocado for poor old DonDiego.

Why look ! Here's a member of Mara Salvatrucha who has apparently dropped his Central American interest in soccer and taken a liking to the University of Texas at Austin's Longhorns Football Team. If poor old DonDiego ever encounters him, he'll be sure to return the gesture.

So if The Economist is to be believed, DonDiego is now taking EXTREMELY atypical behavior and presenting it is typical. That now makes it a dishonest appeal to racists and stupid people.

DonDiego needs to remember the first rule of holes. When you're in one, stop digging.

DonDiego thanks forkushV for his solicitous advice as to how to preserve poor old DonDiego's reputation.

DonDiego's new motto is: "See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil"

Do those deportations on PJ's chart include those "deported" from Texas to Oregon?

Anyone who believes that DD s representations are rare or that the Economist's articles are not skewed needs to get out more.

I would suggest some volunteer time. Get into the thick of it and see for yourself. GRIP would be a good place to start. We could always use some help at CASA.

One of the biggest problems for central and south American women who come to Human Options for help is the gangs that drag them back, sometimes literally.

I don't have any pretty graphs or fancy articles to show you, I just know what I see. And were talking Orange County here, not exactly the hotbed of gang activity.

Another thing that I see is that the conservative (usually republican in politics) is presenting a solution. Maybe it's right or maybe it's wrong but were trying. The liberal approach just perpetuates the situation.