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Situation out of Control as Minors Flood US/Mexico Border

<p>&ldquo&semi;I think we&rsquo&semi;re beyond crisis proportions here&comma;&rdquo&semi; said Senator Ron Johnson &lpar;R-WI&rpar;&period; Since the beginning of the fiscal year&comma; Homeland Security has apprehended more than 20&comma;000 unaccompanied minors as they attempt to sneak through the border into the United States&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>If this record-breaking pace continues&comma; &ldquo&semi;we&rsquo&semi;ll have 77&comma;000 in 2016&comma;&rdquo&semi; said Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The year 2014 marks the current record&comma; with a total of 68&comma;541 would-be immigrants caught at the border&period; Last year was an improvement&comma; with just under 30&comma;000 unaccompanied minors apprehended along the border&period;&nbsp&semi;Still&comma; the Wisconsin senator worries that 2016 will turn into another crisis year&period; &ldquo&semi;I think we&rsquo&semi;re running ahead of 2014 levels from the numbers I&rsquo&semi;m getting&comma;&rdquo&semi; he said&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&ldquo&semi;I just ran the numbers quickly&hellip&semi;We&rsquo&semi;d be looking at about 57&comma;000&comma;&rdquo&semi; added Senator Tom Carper &lpar;D-DE&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Meanwhile&comma; Arizona Sheriff Paul Babeu argues that the immigrant-loving Obama Administration is intentionally misleading us&colon;&nbsp&semi;&ldquo&semi;He &lpar;Obama&rpar; has manipulated the data&comma; had agents assigned to low traffic areas&comma; and attempted to quiet dissent by calling those who question his approach as misinformed without offering an evidence to support these allegations&period;&rdquo&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to the most recent estimate by the Center for Immigration Studies&comma; there are currently 15&period;7 million illegal immigrants living in America&period;&nbsp&semi;FY2016 has already seen a 25&percnt; increase in illegal immigration attempts&comma;&nbsp&semi;with a 102&percnt; increase in unaccompanied minors&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&ldquo&semi;What we see from this administration is an actual reduction at a time we should be providing more support to secure our border&comma;&rdquo&semi; says Babeu&period; He then accused a Border Patrol Commissioner in Kerlikowske of threatening to fire agents if they &ldquo&semi;don&rsquo&semi;t agree with the Obama administration and this lawlessness that&rsquo&semi;s&nbsp&semi;happening&period;&&num;8221&semi;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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