Troops At The Border Working To Slow Illegal Immigration?

That's how this comes off to me...

SAN LUIS RIO COLORADO, Mexico

-- The arrival of U.S. National Guard troops in Arizona has scared off illegal Mexican migrants along the border as a whole, significantly reducing crossings, according to U.S. and Mexican officials.

U.S. authorities said Monday that detentions along the U.S.-Mexico border have decreased by 21 percent, to 26,994, in the first 10 days of June, compared with 34,077 for the same period a year ago.

Along the Arizona border, once the busiest crossing spot, detentions have dropped 23 percent, according to the U.S. Border Patrol.

The desert region's blistering June temperatures typically drive down the number of migrants, but not so drastically, said Mario Martinez, a spokesman with the U.S. Border Patrol in Washington.

If anything this is an indictment of all of our leaders who have allowed the illegal immigration problem to get as bad as it is. If we can slow up illegal immigration this much by just sending some troops to the border imagine what we can do if we got serious. Like hiring more full-time guards and updating the border's security with new barriers, patrol roads, cameras and sensors.

Securing the border isn't impossible. It isn't secure now because I don't think we've ever put the proper amount of effort into it. When we do try to secure the border we get results, as the above evidence indicates.

(via Taking Back ND)

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