According to the Department of Homeland Security figures by May 2016 more illegal alien family units have been apprehended at the border than in all of FY 2015. 44,524 illegal family units have been apprehended crossing the border so far this fiscal year compared to the 39,838 that were apprehended last year.
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection report shows that 6,788 family units were caught at the border In May alone, a 20% increase from April. The number of unaccompanied alien minors or UACS have also increased this year with the current total of UAC apprehensions at 38,566 for this year, just shy of the total FY 2015 number of 39,970.
A deputy assistant attorney, Leon Fresco, told a federal judge earlier this month that many families are coming across to take advantage of the Obama administration’s lax immigration enforcement policies. “When people now know that when I come as a family unit, I won’t be apprehended and detained,” Fresco told the court.
This lenient policy was enacted when a federal judge ruled last year that illegal alien families must be quickly processed and released, due to the Flores-agreement signed in 1997.
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