Breitbart – by Bob PriceFor the first time, more immigrants illegally crossing the southern border of the United States came from countries other than Mexico. Central Americans from El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras accounted for 239,229 of the FY 2014 apprehensions while the number of Mexican nationals being apprehended during the year was 229,178.
The numbers reflect a continuing change in the demographics of illegal immigrants according to a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) report obtained by Breitbart Texas. The apprehension of Mexican nationals actually fell by fourteen percent compared to FY 2013. However, the apprehension of what DHS refers to as OTMs (Other Than Mexicans) rose by sixty-eight percent. The OTM apprehensions were predominately from Central America.
An unnamed official for the Obama Administration told the Washington Times this is the first time on record that border authorities have apprehended more non-Mexicans than Mexicans at the border.
Out of a total of 486,651 nationwide apprehensions, only 18,244 came from countries other than Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador. The report states that nearly all of the total apprehensions came along the southwestern U.S./Mexico border region.
Mexican nationals continued to lead all other illegal immigrant groups with 229,178 being apprehended. This accounts for over forty-seven percent of the total apprehensions. Mexicans were followed by Hondurans with 91,475; Guatemalans with 81,116; and El Salvadorians with 66,638.
These numbers are also reflective of the surge of unaccompanied minors into the United States from Central America that was reported on extensively by Breitbart Texas during the summer of 2014. In June, Breitbart Texas Managing Director Brandon Darby broke the news that shocked the world when he released a leaked document showing thousands of unaccompanied minors being held in inhumane conditions in DHS detention facilities in South Texas. In July, Sara Rumpf reported that 30,000 unaccompanied minors had been released to family members across the United States. Last month, this writer released a leaked Houston Independent School District report revealing that this single school district was taking care of 3,000 unaccompanied minor students.
Bob Price is a senior political news contributor for Breitbart Texas and a member of the original Breitbart Texas team. Follow him on Twitter @BobPriceBBTX.
Yea I should show this to my two American co-workers (one’s a manager) who are half-Honduran and who are offended by me saying that dangerous Hondurans are illegally crossing the border and that it is really Mexicans.
IT’S RIGHT HERE!!!
They still won’t get it. Stupid is as stupid does. And they call themselves Americans. 🙄
They don’t even know what they are. They still believe in this “multi-culturalism” bullshit and that “we don’t really have a country” crap and “are made up of different countries”.
Unfrigginbelievable…..
Common Core education for ya.
I’m half Honduran, but I love this site.
Glad there’s someone out there of Honduran decent who considers himself a REAL American. Wish I could say the same for some people I work with.
Yep! Got a family of 3 Chinese living right upstairs from me and the husband can’t speak but a few words of English.
He is attending Cal Poly here in my area. His words, “I do resuch”. Right . . . research . . . uh huh. Been here 2 months already and no furniture. Living out of suitcases and sleeping on the floor.
Noisy as hell and the (negative) light shines on me by management if I complain. And yet, if they were to complain about me . . . after 3 complaints, I’d get evicted from my apartment.
What the hell are they chopping up in the kitchen . . . a Yak? My tolerance level is fast reaching zero!!
SIGH!!!
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