While families are overwhelming an immigration system devised to handle single men, a border wall would not prevent them from seeking asylum, which is legal. The Drug Enforcement Administration noted that a “small percentage of all heroin” is seized at areas between ports of entry. Whether that example could be applied to the United States is another matter, as PolitiFact has reported. Trump is right that previous presidents have issued 58 national emergency declarations since 1978, 30 of which are still in effect. * He claimed, with no evidence, that the man charged in a Manhattan truck attack sponsored “22 or 23 or 35 of his family members” to immigrate to the United States.

Source: Indian Express February 16, 2019 02:48 UTC