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WASHINGTON (AP) — Hundreds of immigrant families caught illegally crossing
the Mexican border told U.S. immigration agents they made the dangerous
journey in part because they believed they would be permitted to stay in the
United States and collect public benefits, according to internal
intelligence files from the Homeland Security Department.
The interviews with immigrants by federal agents were intended to help the
Obama administration understand what might be driving a puzzling surge in
the numbers of border crossings that started over the summer. The
explanations suggest the U.S. government's efforts to discourage illegal
crossings may have been unsuccessful. Its efforts have included public
service campaigns in Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala to highlight the
dangers and consequences of making the trek across Mexico to cross illegally
into the United States.
The Associated Press obtained copies of the interview summaries, which were
compiled in reports by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Office of
Intelligence. They said hundreds of people traveling as part of families
consistently cited opportunities to obtain permission to stay in the U.S.,
claim asylum and receive unspecified benefits. Immigrants spoke of "permisos
," or a pass to come into the United States.
The report "is not intended to be a comprehensive analysis of the situation,
" said department spokeswoman Marsha Catron, adding that troubles in the
immigrants' home countries likely contributed to their flight as well.
Although the Obama administration has explained that immigrants who cross
the U.S. border illegally can be deported, lengthy backlogs of more than 456
,000 cases mean that immigrants can effectively remain in the U.S. for years
before a judge decides whether they should leave the country. Also, recent
court rulings have complicated the government's plans to hold families in
immigration jails pending deportation proceedings. Immigrants living in the
U.S. illegally generally are not eligible for public benefits, except that
children may receive free or reduced meals in public schools.
Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said the rising number of border
crossings by families and children was due to "push factors" in Central
America, such as crime and violence. He said the Obama administration wants
to invest $1 billion in Central America to address the underlying problems
that push families and children out of Central America.
"We need to expand on this and ... we need to make the hard investment,"
Johnson said Thursday at an academic conference at the Georgetown University
Law Center.
Federal agents interviewed 345 people traveling with family members between
July 7 and Sept. 30, according to the five-page report obtained by the House
Judiciary Committee and shared with the AP. The interviews did not focus on
what prompted the immigrants to leave their home countries, though many did
mention gang and family violence as factors.
"This internal Border Patrol document shows that the Obama administration's
lax immigration policies are the culprit for the ongoing surge at our
borders," said Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., chairman of the Judiciary
Committee.
Last year, the administration coped with an unprecedented spike in children
and families. By the end of the 2014 budget year, more than 136,000 people
traveling as families and unaccompanied children had been caught crossing
the border illegally. The numbers had dipped this year, with 79,808 people
caught at the border. But the figures surged again during the last three
months of this budget year.
Although the administration opened two new detention centers in Texas to
hold thousands of immigrants, a federal judge in California ruled in August
that the facilities violated a long-standing legal agreement that stipulates
that immigrant children cannot be held in unlicensed secured facilities. U.
S. District Judge Dolly Gee ordered the department to release the children,
with their mothers when possible, "without unnecessary delay" and gave the
department until this month to comply.
The administration has appealed that ruling, though before Gee's order was
issued, Johnson had already announced plans to make it easier for families
to be released on bond after being caught at the border.
Most of the immigrants interviewed, or 181 of them, said reports about the
release of immigrant families influenced their decision to come to the U.S. | T*********I
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: 如果一个国家必须先承受灾难，再亡羊补牢是很悲哀的事情。
: 这些非法入侵的，对一个国家的主权毫无尊重。对一个国家人民的公共财富毫无尊重，
: 来了就要分财。
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: http://news.yahoo.com/immigrants-caught-border-believe-families
: WASHINGTON (AP) — Hundreds of immigrant families caught illegally crossing
: the Mexican border told U.S. immigration agents they made the dangerous
: journey in part because they believed they would be permitted to stay in the
: United States and collect public benefits, according to internal
: intelligence files from the Homeland Security Department.
: The interviews with immigrants by federal agents were intended to help the
: Obama administration understand what might be driving a puzzling surge in
: the numbers of border crossings that started over the summer. The
: explanations suggest the U.S. government's efforts to discourage illegal
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