{"id":382282,"date":"2018-10-25T02:26:55","date_gmt":"2018-10-25T01:26:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/prison-planet-com-illegal-immigrant-families-set-record-in-2018-top-100000-for-first-time\/"},"modified":"2018-10-25T02:26:55","modified_gmt":"2018-10-25T01:26:55","slug":"prison-planet-com-illegal-immigrant-families-set-record-in-2018-top-100000-for-first-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/prison-planet-com-illegal-immigrant-families-set-record-in-2018-top-100000-for-first-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Prison Planet.com \u00bb Illegal immigrant families set record in 2018; top 100,000 for first time"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>      <!-- START CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2018\/oct\/23\/illegal-immigrant-families-set-record-2018\/\"><strong>Washington Times<\/strong><\/a><br \/>October 24, 2018<\/p>\n<p><strong>Illegal immigration by families surged this summer after the collapse of President Trump\u2019s zero-tolerance border policy, reaching record levels and leaving the Trump administration frustrated over the lack of easy solutions.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>More than 16,600 illegal immigrant parents and children traveling together were nabbed by the Border Patrol in September, marking the worst month on record and nearly twice the numbers from before the administration tried \u2014 and then backed off \u2014 zero tolerance.<\/p>\n<p>That helped fuel a surge for the entire fiscal year, with agents catching more than 107,000 family members over 12 months, a 38 percent increase over 2017, and eclipsing the previous record set under President Obama in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>The numbers were released as a migrant caravan, also made up of parents and children, streams north from Central America through Mexico.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSomething needs to be done,\u201d Mr. Trump said Tuesday at the White House. \u201cYou can\u2019t have this happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2018\/oct\/23\/illegal-immigrant-families-set-record-2018\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>      <!-- END CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p style=\"color:#333; font-size:11px;\">This article was posted: Wednesday, October 24, 2018  at  6:40 am<\/p>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/><!-- share and follow --><br \/>\n      <!-- end of share and follow --><\/p>\n<div class=\"print_sub\">\n<h3 class=\"sub_titles\">&#13;<br \/>\n        \t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/illegal-immigrant-families-set-record-in-2018-top-100000-for-first-time.html\/print\/\" title=\"Print\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"WP-PrintIcon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-print\/images\/printer_famfamfam.gif\" alt=\"Print\" title=\"Print\" style=\"border: 0px;\"\/><\/a><br \/>\nPrint this page.<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<p><!--\n      \n\n<div class=\"nextpage\">\n              <\/div>\n\n \n -->    <\/p>\n<p><!--\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Gm2pZEeYN0E?list=UUvsye7V9psc-APX6wV1twLg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n--><\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/illegal-immigrant-families-set-record-in-2018-top-100000-for-first-time.html\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington TimesOctober 24, 2018 Illegal immigration by families surged this summer after the collapse of President Trump\u2019s zero-tolerance border policy, reaching record levels and leaving the Trump administration frustrated over the lack of easy solutions. 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