Migrants

The insistence by some cities and states to retain their sanctuary status requires a review of what has happened over the past four years. Early in Biden's term he reversed most of Trump's border policies which allowed the number of migrants to increase from 40,000 per month to 240,000. This resulted in the fentenyl deaths to over 300,000 young people. There are 320,000 unaccompanied minors that the government cannot locate and many feel are being trafficked. The cartels made $500 billion per year according to the Washington Post. According to the NY Times 80% of women and girls are molested crossing Mexico. The number of criminals crossing is hard to determine because of the 1.7 million got aways that are known plus others that are unknown. There are currently 425,431 non-citizens with criminal convictions on ICE's non detained docket including 13,099 for homicide, 15,811 for sexual assaults and 62,231 other assaults. Interfering with ICE could result in mixing criminals with non criminals when they try to deport. This then will make the national news and make further deportations more difficult. It is mindful of how Hamas mixes fighters in with the general population.