After Obama
unilaterally enacted his temporary amnesty program for certain DREAMers in
2012, the number of illegal immigrant children flooding across the border has
surged, especially from Central America.
According to
The Christian Science Monitor, "During the decade preceding fiscal year
2012, the federal government agency tasked with caring for unaccompanied minors
who cross the border illegally dealt with an average of 7,000 to 8,000 cases a
year." In fiscal year 2011, there were 6,560, according to the Department
of Health and Human Services. Yet, as the Monitor noted, the following year,
when Obama enacted DACA, "the number jumped to 13,625," and at least
50,000 have entered illegally since October of last year. Officials estimate at
least 150,000-160,000 more will try next year.
Though White
House officials have gone on a public relations campaign to tell Central
Americans that they will not receive amnesty, many illegal immigrants have said
they traveled to America believing the Obama administration would never deport
them if they made it across the U.S.-Mexico border.
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