Four leading Republican members of Congress have called on the Obama administration to quickly address the recent spike in illegal immigration along the U.S.-Mexico border. In a letter sent Thursday to DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson, Sens. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, Jeff Sessions of Alabama, Reps. Bob Godlatte of Virginia, and Trey Gowdy of South Carolina, the lawmakers ask the administration to “take immediate action and mobilize all available resources of the department to stop the ongoing surge of illegal immigration at the southwest border.”
The lawmakers’ letter noted that 408,870 illegal aliens were caught by by the Border Patrol at the southern border in Fiscal Year 2016, an increase of 23% over the preceding year. The letter noted media reports that thousands of aliens from El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Haiti, and African nations were swarming toward the border hoping to gain entry before the election.
Read the letter here: http://dailysignal.com/2016/11/06/whats-causing-the-surge-of-illegal-immigration-lawmakers-want-answers-and-action/