RealClearInvestigations Looks Into “Ghost Flights” of Illegal Immigrants.

The Department of Homeland Security finally responded to a Congressional request for information regarding the number of illegal migrants it has flown from border cities to areas around the country late last month, after months of delay. According to the report, 71,617 people were dropped off in roughly 20 cities in 2021, including Atlanta, Chicago, New York, and Philadelphia, which are all located close the Mexican border. Immigration experts critical of the Biden administration’s permissive immigration policies believe those numbers are incomplete, especially regarding the most vulnerable migrants, those under 18, whom DHS classifies as “unaccompanied children.” The agency believes around 40,000 of the total transported are such minors, but that number is still a fraction of the 147,000 “encounters” the agency records having with unaccompanied migrant children at the southern border between January and October 2021. What happens to … Continue reading RealClearInvestigations Looks Into “Ghost Flights” of Illegal Immigrants.