Posted on Sep 23, 2023
Despite efforts of 3 U.S. administrations, migrant families keep crossing the border
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In the the Rio Grande Valley in South Texas, the families keep coming.
On a recent day, hundreds of families passed through a welcome center run by a local nonprofit called Team Brownsville, where they picked up donations of food and clothing before continuing on their way north.
"We are starting again from scratch," said Francisco Sierra, who fled from Venezuela with his wife and two young sons. "We came here with nothing but our clothes."
The number of migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border was down for a few months. Now those numbers are climbing again, on pace to match the historic highs of last year.
In the the Rio Grande Valley in South Texas, the families keep coming.
On a recent day, hundreds of families passed through a welcome center run by a local nonprofit called Team Brownsville, where they picked up donations of food and clothing before continuing on their way north.
"We are starting again from scratch," said Francisco Sierra, who fled from Venezuela with his wife and two young sons. "We came here with nothing but our clothes."
The number of migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border was down for a few months. Now those numbers are climbing again, on pace to match the historic highs of last year.
Despite efforts of 3 U.S. administrations, migrant families keep crossing the border
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It's really not that much different from when I was stationed on the border in the late 60s, just highernumbers. Back then it was individual's looking for work, today it's families looking too escape repressive governments. If Congres had responded to changing immigration causes decades ago there most likely wouldn't be what some like to call an immigration crisis today.
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I agree but IMO, it goes further back than that. I can remember problems back in the '50's.
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