Illegal border crossings decrease by 40 percent in Trump's first month, report says

[Teddy B 17,252]

13 hours ago, Boiler said:

That makes sense, you want to swim to Canada! #RefugeesWelcome

The Detroit River is doable.

 

10 hours ago, OriZ said:

C'mon guys. It's based on apprehensions. It even says so in the article. So chances are the actual numbers are much higher since these are just the number of apprehensions.

In that case it could just mean that the guards are slacking off.

[Ash.1101 1,756]

16 hours ago, Teddy B said:

I have to question the accuracy of the numbers in this article. How do they know these numbers are true? If people are crossing the border illegally, then they are crossing undetected. How does anyone know what the true numbers are? It's not like they give each person a number when crossing the border illegally. The numbers could be higher or they could be lower, I just don't see how anyone could say definitively.

My mom's roommate/boyfriendthing is in the boarder patrol and works on the Laredo border but he's said that there are times that they just let people in because they're either already too hard to catch, or that if essentially the green card looks "good enough" then they get to go. If they basically look good enough and have any kind of documentation they'll just glance on by and wave them on through. He's said there's a lot of people they simply won't bother with since it's too much work. 

I can't imagine that these actions only happen at that border location lol.

[Teddy B 17,252]

10 hours ago, OriZ said:

C'mon guys. It's based on apprehensions. It even says so in the article. So chances are the actual numbers are much higher since these are just the number of apprehensions.

It could be alt news.

[OriZ 3,165]

47 minutes ago, Teddy B said:

The Detroit River is doable.

 

In that case it could just mean that the guards are slacking off.

Well, it could.

 

4 minutes ago, Teddy B said:

It could be alt news.

Make up your mind 

[Teddy B 17,252]

2 minutes ago, OriZ said:

Well, it could.

 

Make up your mind 

It could also mean that the illegal immigrants have become more efficient at sneaking over or under the border and fewer are getting caught.

 

It's still early yet, I'm sure I'll come up with a few more by lunchtime.

[OriZ 3,165]

9 minutes ago, Teddy B said:

It could also mean that the illegal immigrants have become more efficient at sneaking over or under the border and fewer are getting caught.

 

It's still early yet, I'm sure I'll come up with a few more by lunchtime.

You're on an alt. roll 

[Jacque67 7,328]

23 minutes ago, Teddy B said:

It could be alt news.

Doing my best to get you to the top of the scoreboard. Plus 102 last time I checked!!!! #ratings!!!

[Teddy B 17,252]

1 minute ago, Jacque67 said:

Doing my best to get you to the top of the scoreboard. Plus 102 last time I checked!!!! #ratings!!!

I'm very popular, many people are saying this!

[TBoneTX 47,527]

4 hours ago, Ash.1101 said:

My mom's roommate/boyfriendthing is in the boarder patrol and works on the Laredo border but he's said that there are times that they just let people in because they're either already too hard to catch, or that if essentially the green card looks "good enough" then they get to go. If they basically look good enough and have any kind of documentation they'll just glance on by and wave them on through. He's said there's a lot of people they simply won't bother with since it's too much work. 

I can't imagine that these actions only happen at that border location lol.

Laredo is a beastly-busy port, often with lines of prospective entrants fully spanning the pedestrian bridge.

On last visit, they were checking immigration but not customs stuff (purchases/imports).

Other Tex-Mex ports can be thorough to a fault (or worse).

And even U.S. citizens should avoid, like the plague, the inland checkpoint south of Alpine.

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

5 hours ago, Teddy B said:

I'm very popular, many people are saying this!

Any popularity you may have is overshadowed by your lack of sandwich making skills

[Teddy B 17,252]

1 minute ago, Nature Boy Flair said:

Any popularity you may have is overshadowed by your lack of sandwich making skills

That's why I try to stay on Val's good side.

[Boiler 47,495]

3 minutes ago, Nature Boy Flair said:

Any popularity you may have is overshadowed by your lack of sandwich making skills

Just wondering how you know about his skills?

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

1 minute ago, Boiler said:

Just wondering how you know about his skills?

He is a man. Making sandwichs is unmanly..

[Ash.1101 1,756]

7 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

Laredo is a beastly-busy port, often with lines of prospective entrants fully spanning the pedestrian bridge.

On last visit, they were checking immigration but not customs stuff (purchases/imports).

Other Tex-Mex ports can be thorough to a fault (or worse).

And even U.S. citizens should avoid, like the plague, the inland checkpoint south of Alpine.

Yeah he talks about how ridiculous it is, and sometimes it's just too tiring to deal with all the red tape. I know when they had the people from central america there, it got even worse for checking peoples immigration status and stuff because regular patrols were moved to watch the great number of people they ended up being stuck with.

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

21 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

Laredo is a beastly-busy port, often with lines of prospective entrants fully spanning the pedestrian bridge.

On last visit, they were checking immigration but not customs stuff (purchases/imports).

Other Tex-Mex ports can be thorough to a fault (or worse).

And even U.S. citizens should avoid, like the plague, the inland checkpoint south of Alpine.

I am not comfortable with inland checkpoints. Seems a bit too much to just stop people and demand papers, I mean maybe if they look like a foreigner, but your average American citizen ?

Edited March 11, 2017 by Nature Boy Flair