The recent spike in illegal immigration from African countries underscores the increase in migrants coming from around the globe to sneak across the southern border–including more than 10,000 from Asia and almost 900 from Europe last year.
In recent weeks, U.S. Customs and Border Protection apprehended more than 500 illegal immigrants from African countries that include Angola, Cameroon, and both the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Associated Press reported.
That’s more than twice the 211 total apprehensions during fiscal year 2018 of illegal border crossers from the continent.
Customs and Border Protection numbers from fiscal …read more
Source: The Daily Signal
