The US border authorities seized nearly 103,500 migrants in March, crossing the border illegally. In the previous month, there were still around 76,500 migrants. This was reported by the US Customs and Border Protection Authority.
About 57,000 of the more than 100,000 migrants were families, 9,300 were unaccompanied minors. The high number of illegal border crossings frustrates US President Donald Trump. He has made the fight against illegal immigration one of his guiding themes.
„We stop her“
„The asylum situation needs to be settled,“ said Trump to journalists on Tuesday. It is „ridiculous“ that so many migrants from Central America could apply for asylum in the US. „These are people who come to our country with criminal records, there are killers, drug lords come in. There are gangs, and we stop them.“
Trump has recently begun a staff restructuring of the responsible for the border protection Department of Homeland Security. On Sunday, Minister Kirstjen Nielsen – apparently under pressure from the President – submitted her resignation. Trump is said to have repeatedly expressed dissatisfaction over her work and accused the minister of lack of rigor. He then fired the director of the Secret Service, Randolph D. Alles.
Legal setback
A legal setback for his strict immigration policy Trump had to accept on Monday: A federal judge from California received a government order, according to which asylum seekers are returned to Mexico for the duration of the proceedings.
A few days ago, Trump threatened Mexico with the closure of the border and customs duties if they let the migrants continue to move through their country. „Our country is FULL!“, He wrote on Twitter.
