While Donald Trump runs his mouth and Stephen Miller tries to shut down the border…
The Department of Homeland Security thru the Border Patrol is actually doing its job of processing people and children and moving them INTO the country…
And?
They are sidestepping Miller and Trump wishes to freelance and they are trying to follow some of their own rules which defy legality….
Smart civil servants KNOW that Miller and Trump , who are far away in Washington DC do not see the faces of those trying to come to America and the two could be gone as soon as less then two years , while the migrants will still be coming….
It seems that the Border cops have more heart then their big bosses back in the White House …
This IS another example of how government workers even in the Trump admin are going their own way in bucking the boss….
CPB said that since Oct. 1, more than 500,000 people have been apprehended at the border and that this week there was an average of 4,500 arrests every day.
The agency said that the influx of people created difficulty in meeting the legal requirement to process families within 20 days of their entrance to detention facilities.
Every week, three flights will carry about 130 migrants each from the Rio Grande Valley to San Diego, a CBP San Diego official told Reuters
“We’re in the middle of a humanitarian crisis and the numbers in Texas are staggering so the BP is helping out in those sectors to more efficiently process these folks,” the unidentified official was quoted as saying.
Since Dec. 21, ICE has released about 180,000 people into areas in the U.S., officials said.
“Whenever possible, the releases have been coordinated with local non-governmental organizations (NGOs). As NGOs have reached their capacities, CBP has released family units at transportation hubs during daylight hours when the weather does not endanger those released,” CBP said in the statement.
The agency said officials “are doing everything we can to achieve our humanitarian mission and will continue to coordinate with stakeholders in local communities, including other law enforcement agencies, elected officials, and non-governmental organizations…
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The White House cautioned congressional leaders Friday that the situation at the U.S.-Mexico border has “continued to deteriorate” since President Donald Trump first requested $4.5 billion in emergency funding this month and that $1.4 billion more could be needed…
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Democratic leaders privately told Republicans on Thursday that they are willing to include money the president seeks for humanitarian assistance, but not for keeping immigrants in detention facilities….
Note…
This COULD also be an attempt to deescalate the Trump/Miller hardline political border narrative…
And give Democrats somewhere to try and work with the immigration issue…