The Patriot Post® · Another Surge of Illegals Coming Our Way?

Just a few days ago, the Obama administration assured us the flood of illegal minors across the southern border was largely over. There are plenty of reasons to doubt this claim. The Weekly Standard’s Jeryl Bier reports, “The Rio Grande Valley sector of the U.S. Border Patrol (USBP) is looking to buy 40,000 emergency Mylar blankets. The silvery, polyester blankets are often used in detention facilities where those caught illegally crossing the border into the United States are held. … The USBP seems anxious to have the blankets on hand relatively quickly.” And National Review’s Ryan Lovelace adds another wrinkle: “After the number of families arriving and being apprehended at the southern border surged this year to levels never seen before, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials are opening a fourth detention facility for illegal-immigrant families apprehended in the area, and its capacity will dwarf the three existing family detention centers.” It seems the administration expects another surge in border crossers.