THE "MIGRANTS" – AT 1:48 P.M. ET:   We are not cold or unsympathetic.  Who isn't affected by the sight of little children at the American southern border?   But who also isn't outraged at the morals of those who send kids up to a border, where clashes with the police are occurring?  We want to help, but we also want the laws of the United States to be followed.  From Townhall: 

New numbers from the Department of Homeland Security show that just 9 percent of asylum claims made by individuals from Central America turn out to be legitimate.

"The low statutory requirements and legal loopholes in our laws encourage aliens to claim credible fear at our Southern border knowing they will be promptly released into the interior with work permits pending the determination of their full claim. In recent years, data shows that more than 65 percent of asylum seekers at our border are from Central America – of those 89 percent pass their initial credible-fear interview," DHS spokesperson Katie Waldman released Thursday afternoon.

"Yet, the harsh reality is that 31 percent of aliens who pass that initial interview do not even show up for their hearing, while a staggering 40 percent of aliens who pass their initial interview do not even file an application."

"Ultimately, only 9 percent of Northern Triangle petitioners are found eligible for asylum by a judge – leaving 91 percent ineligible for asylum," she continued. "The fact that only 9 percent of those who initially claim asylum are found eligible, indicates that we are expending most of our limited resources – detention space, court space and the time of our asylum officers and immigration judges – denying frivolous or illegitimate claims of asylum from the 9 out of 10 who are found ineligible."

Current U.S. immigration law requires illegal aliens traveling from Central America as a family unit, specifically with children, to be released into the interior of the United States after 20 days of federal detention.

"Where are those 91 percent today? While some are properly removed from the U.S. by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), many of those who are released on a promise to appear in court disappear into the country’s interior to live and work illegally. In FY17, only 1 percent of the 226,119 removals conducted by ICE were on Alternatives to Detention," Waldman said.  

COMMENT:  We should point out that anyone can apply for legal entry into the United States, but we cannot accept people trying to rush the border.  Nor can we allow Americans to manipulate the system to allow large numbers of potential Democratic Party voters into the country.

And, of course, please note that there is very little coverage of the countries from which these migrants come.  I guess the press doesn't want to offend the multicultural crowd.  After all, all cultures have their own validity.

November 30, 2018