Potentially Half a Million Illegal Aliens Projected to Enter US
this Year, by Conservative Zone, 2/26/19.
The actual amount of illegal immigration expected in this year
alone is staggering. According to Breitbart, almost half a million illegal
aliens are expected to cross the border into the USA in 2019 alone; this figure
is only those who enter the country illegally from the south, and does not
include visa overstays or other situations.
Amid the controversy over President Donald Trump’s promised wall
and national emergency, thousands of adults stream across borders every day,
ignoring signs and trampling over any barriers in their path. The expansion of
a Catch and Release Program and an amnesty pathway for those with Unaccompanied
Alien Children has already led to a surge in illegal immigration so far this
year. Experts predict that illegal border crossings will continue unchecked
until a better system is in place and that record numbers of immigrants will
enter the USA illegally this year.
Researchers at Princeton calculate that the final number of
illegal immigrants crossing the Mexico/United States border in 2019 could surge
up to 600,000 if it is left unchecked. This number includes only those who
successfully cross the border, not those who are detected and turned back by an
increasingly beleaguered border patrol.
The research also shows that about 400,000 illegal aliens came
into the country via the southern border in 2018; only about 55% of those
attempting to cross are caught and deflected. Last month alone, there were
48,000 successful border crossings, this is more than double the amount of
illegals that entered the country in January 2017, just two years prior.
The illegal immigrants arriving in 2019 join the predicted 22 million
illegal aliens already here, according to a recent study from MIT and Harvard
University. While politicians fight over a border wall and President Trump’s
declared emergency, the US faces an illegal immigration crisis it has not seen
since George W. Bush was in office.
The onslaught of additional illegal aliens and mass immigration
can impact the wages and prospects for legal residents seeking jobs; foreign
workers tend to drive wages dramatically down in any given market. According to
researchers, American citizens (and those who immigrated legally through the
proper channels) can see up to an 8 percent decrease in wages, just because of
surging illegal immigration.
Not all immigrants have a negative impact on wages or crime.
Those who go through the proper channels and swiftly become part of the nation
do not have the same impact on jobs. More than a million immigrants come to the
United States legally every year; taking the time to go through the legally
mandated channels and using the legal path to citizenship the nation offers.
As the fight over the border wall and its funding continues to
rage on, thousands of people stream into the country each week via illegal
entry at the Southern border.
Norb Leahy, Dunwoody
GA Tea Party Leader
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