Apprehensions on border decrease, violence remains steady

This week, Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson released the numbers of apprehensions along the Southwest border during the month of July and prior months. The numbers the government produced showed a decrease in apprehensions of unaccompanied children and adults with children.

While the number of migrants entering the country illegally on a monthly basis is decreasing, the border is more dangerous than ever. Border Patrol Agent Javier Vega, was killed in South Texas last Sunday evening while off-duty. Agent Vega was based at the Kingsville Station of the Rio Grande Valley sector.

Secretary Johnson noted that apprehensions in the first few days of August continue along the July trend.

Secretary Johnson claimed that the administration “dramatically reduced the removal time for many unaccompanied adults from about 33 to four days,” but noted that the government has built additional detention space for adults with children at Artesia, New Mexico, and another facility that was transitioned last week in Karnes City, Texas, and we are about to open an additional facility for the same purpose.”

On July 25, President Obama and Vice President Biden had discussions with the Presidents of Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador at the White House, followed Johnson’s meeting with President Molina of Guatemala to continue the discussions we began on July 8 in Guatemala.”

The government continues the pretense that the are securing the border. In his statement Secretary Johnson continued, “While the decrease in apprehensions in July is good news and reflects a positive trend that we hope continues, the current numbers are still higher than the number of apprehensions for children and adults with children during past years. We continue to have much work to do to address this issue and our message continues to be clear—‘our border is not open to illegal migration.’

However, it is well-known that the border is wide open.