The numbers of Unaccompanied Alien Children (UAC) showing up at our Southern Border is skyrocketing. It is pretty easy to figure out why. Although the Biden administration has been saying that the border is closed to adults, they haven’t said the same thing about children. The Secretary of Homeland Security has made this claim pretty recently.
“Our message has been straightforward and simple. And it’s true, the border is closed. We are expelling families. We are expelling single adults. And we’ve made a decision that we will not expel young, vulnerable children. I think we are executing on our plans,” Mayorkas said on NBC News’ “Meet the Press.”
It is just a word game so that the press in the US can trumpet the fact that the administration has closed to border. That isn’t what is being heard though. The message that everyone else hears is that the border is open for all children. This obviously leads to things like toddlers being dropped over the fence by smugglers. It also leads to a lot more than just toddlers showing up.
A recent story at Breitbart says that “At least 59 percent – and perhaps more than 70 percent — of the ”Unaccompanied Alien Children” tell U.S. border officials that they 16 or 17.” How many are lying is impossible to say for sure.
It is pretty hard for me to be able to tell the difference between a 16 and an 18 year old. But migrants wouldn’t lie to get in would they? Britain has also been dealing with child asylum seekers in recent times. What they found is pretty eye opening.
In one year, 65 per cent of asylum seekers assessed after claiming to be juveniles were judged to be over 18.
The report, by immigration watchdog David Bolt, revealed that the Home Office received 2,952 asylum applications from unaccompanied children in the year to June last year.
Out of these there were 705 age disputes – around a quarter of the total – where officials suspected the individual was lying about their age. Of these, 618 cases were resolved and 402 – or 65 per cent – were found to be adults.
You may be thinking that they wouldn’t dare game the system here in the US. It seems that dishonesty has been part of the game for a while.
Adult illegal immigrants posing as unaccompanied alien children appear to be attempting to enroll at public high schools, city officials in Lynn, Mass., tell National Review Online.
“Some of them have had gray hair and they’re telling you that they’re 17 years old and they have no documentation,” Jamie Cerulli, the Lynn mayor’s chief of staff, tells NRO. “If my children went to the public schools, I’d be very uncomfortable with all of these unaccompanied minors [that] are placed in the ninth grade.”
Keep in mind that most schools get money for each student. It doesn’t matter if that student is here legally or not. I wouldn’t be comfortable sending my daughter to prom with a gray haired, supposedly 17 year old date.
Despite claims that Illegal Aliens do not receive government benefits it should be noted that every child in the US is entitled to an education. In most schools, they can even get free breakfast and lunch that is funded by taxpayers.
Seems like a pretty large loophole to let lots and lots of working age illegals into the US, while providing them meals and an education as they look for work.