I would dispute that. quite frankly. I think what has caused it is. first and foremost. the Presidents sending an unmistakable signal. a signal that may have been misinterpreted that. if you manage to get to the United States. you are going to be able to stay. He did that by unilaterally changing and thwarting whole sections of our own immigration law. by doing things that he. himself. had said a year before were unconstitutional. That signal. I think. has been picked up by criminals and turned into a message that has been directed at naive and vulnerable people. saying. if you give us thousands of dollars. we will take you on this journey. get you to the United States. and then you are going to be able to stay. When the President first addressed this problemagain. he was warned in 2012 and 2013 by his own advisers that this might well happenhe did not prepare for it. He submitted a budget that actually cut border enforcement and that cut security aid to the Central American countries so they could secure their own territory. When he finally dealt with this. he said this 2008 law is part of the reason. What this bill does is tweak it.
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