Report: Illegals Come Not From Fear but for Economic Reasons

NEWSMAX: Illegal immigrant minors have besieged the U.S. border from Central America because they think they can stay — not because they’re escaping violence in their home countries, an internal law-enforcement report says.

The report by the El Paso Intelligence Center (EPIC), which falls under the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, revealed that homicide rates had actually fallen in Central American countries and included information from young illegals saying they came to the U.S. for economic reasons, reports Breitbart News…

EPIC investigators warned that the border crisis would continue unless “misperceptions” about U.S. immigration policy were changed, Breitbart reports. Illegals told investigators that families in the U.S. encouraged them to come and that they were arranging travel with smugglers, or “coyotes.” … (more)

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