New data shows the White House has painted a false picture of the
Central American migration by hiding a huge spike in “family units” who
are illegally crossing the Texas border. The data, which was dumped by the U.S. border patrol late Friday
afternoon, shows that inflow of youths and children traveling without
parents has doubled since 2013, to 57,525 in the nine months up to July
2014. But the number of migrants who cross the border in so-called “family units” has spiked five-fold to 55,420, according to the border patrol’s data,
which came out amid a storm of news about the shoot-down of a Malaysian
aircraft in Ukraine, delays in failed U.S. nuke talks with Iran, and on
Hamas’ continued war against Israel. In the Rio Grande area where most of the migrants are crossing the
border, the number of so-called “unaccompanied children” was actually
outnumbered by the inflow by adults, parents and children in “family
units,” according to the data. The much-faster growth in “family units” has been hidden by White
House and agency officials, who have tried to portray the influx as a
wave of children fleeing abuse and violence...more
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Monday, July 21, 2014
White House Hid Huge Spike Of Families Crossing Border
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