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elleng

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10. Border Arrests at Highest In Two Decades.

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Tue May 11, 2021, 09:22 PM

May 2021

Border Arrests at Highest In Two Decades

May 11, 2021 at 8:15 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 1 Comment

https://politicalwire.com/2021/05/11/border-arrests-highest-in-two-decades/

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“Immigration arrests and detentions along the Mexico border rose slightly in April to 178,622, the highest one-month total in two decades, but a decline in the number of teens and children arriving without parents eased pressure on the Biden administration,” the Washington Post reports.

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Ricketts, 19 other governors ramp up pressure on Biden administration to act on southern border [View all] Omaha Steve May 2021 OP

Ricketts and his billionaire republiqon crickets Champp May 2021 #1

Imagine the difference if these republican governors had held trump to any standard. BoomaofBandM May 2021 #2

Are any of those governors ON the border? Warpy May 2021 #3

he cant. the packing plants are full of mexicanos. mopinko May 2021 #15

Maybe they'll use prison slave labor like chicken processors Warpy May 2021 #17

Well, at least they recognize the ACTUAL President and Vice President of the US..... AZ8theist May 2021 #4

Good point. ancianita May 2021 #5

"Has leveled off in recent weeks." Numbers of children being held has dropped by 84% PortTack May 2021 #6

+ 1 nt pazzyanne May 2021 #14

I thought we needed people to work for minimum wage? JohnnyRingo May 2021 #7

Bingo! BigmanPigman May 2021 #8

w/o the threat of deportation, the business model sorta falls apart. mopinko May 2021 #16

So, the wall is not working? Mr.Bill May 2021 #9

Border Arrests at Highest In Two Decades. elleng May 2021 #10

Give 'em Green Card ,,,,, Cryptoad May 2021 #11

Well we have Americans that are homeless that need jobs rockfordfile May 2021 #13

Seems Republicans are setting up a Rat F**k operation. Baked Potato May 2021 #12

I must have missed something. Scruffy1 May 2021 #18