Ann Coulter counters media myths about our border crisis

In the Hill, Ann Coulter tells us about four myths the media and politicians tell you about our border crisis.

Media Myth #1: Illegal immigration at an all-time low! …According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), illegals have been pouring across our border at rates not seen for more than a decade: 76,000-plus in February, 100,000-plus in March, 100,000-plus in April, 100,000 and climbing so far in May.

In fiscal 2016 — the 12 months before Trump won the presidency — an average of 46,000 illegals crossed the border each month. Today we’re taking in twice that many.

And those are just the number of “undocumented immigrants” we caught. How many are actually getting in is some multiple of the illegal aliens the Border Patrol stops.

Media Myth #2: Illegal immigrants at our border are LEGAL — because they’re asking for asylum. …An illegal alien seeking asylum is still “an illegal alien.” It’s against the law to enter the country without our approval. See 8 U.S.C. 1325. Asylum is simply a defense to deportation.

We could also eliminate crime by calling convicted felons “LEGAL reversal-seekers.” Yes, a convict has a right to appeal his conviction but, until it’s reversed, he is “a convicted criminal.”

Media Myth #3: Only 39 percent of illegals released at the border fail to appear at their hearings! First, that still would be a lot. Second, it isn’t true. And third, it’s irrelevant: Once they’re released from custody — and they’re all released — illegal aliens are never going home.

Media Myth #4: The media, the Democratic Party and 90 percent of the Republican Party genuinely want to control our border, but are deeply moved by the treatment of “undocumented” children at the border.

The truth is, they want illegals released from custody because then they’ll never leave. As Latin America’s poor discover this, more and more will come.

In addition to idiotic court rulings requiring that illegals be released after 20 days if they drag a kid with them, Congress has ensured their release by mandating that ICE have no more than 45,274 detention beds. That’s 45,274 beds for all ICE detainees — including MS-13 gang members, cop-killing illegal aliens, terrorist aliens and so on.

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