The rising cost and growing discord of US boat arrivals
The Centre for Immigration Studies estimates that US governments will spend $296 billion over the lifetime of immigrants who have come into the country in the last two years.
Key West, Florida | From the narrow coastal road out of continental America’s most southerly town, where the cruise ship tourists enjoy their fruit daiquiris and snorkelling, a rickety boat suddenly rises from the horizon on distant shoals.
There have been a record 5.4 million illegal immigrant encounters in the last two years under the Biden administration – but it was an unexpected sight from the air-conditioned comfort of a hire car to see 22 people attempting to make it to shore.
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