Border numbers

After initial quibbling over numbers, most now agree that there is a problem with asylum seekers at the border. A recent poll in Guatemala indicates that 35% of the people want to come to the United States. This is about 4 million. It is not unreasonable to assume that people in other Central American countries feel the same. Millions of people are leaving Venezuela and may well see the United States as a place of safety and small numbers are entering from other Caribbean countries like Cuba. These people enter under the asylum rules which state they can stay here while they go through the asylum procedure to determine if they are eligible. Most of these would not qualify to stay but by the time the immigration courts rule they have mingled in with the general population and cannot be located. As the numbers continue to rise the pressure for congress to act will rise.