Anonymous ID: b33567 Dec. 12, 2018, 4:10 p.m. No.4281469   🗄️.is 🔗kun

Top Russian, NATO generals discuss global, European security at meeting in Baku

 

The head of the Russian General Staff, General Valery Gerasimov and NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander in Europe General Curtis Scaparrotti met in Baku, Azerbaijan on Wednesday. Gerasimov raised an issue of the strengthening of NATO’s advanced military presence near Russia’s borders, “which does not contribute to reducing tensions,” the Russian Defense Ministry said. The two sides also informed each other about the most important operational training activities planned for 2019. At a separate meeting with the Russian delegation headed by Gerasimov, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev earlier on Wednesday thanked Moscow for choosing Baku to host a meeting between the top military commanders from Russia and NATO, TASS reports. Relations between Baku and Moscow have been successfully developing in every field, including the defense area, Aliyev said.

 

https://www.rt.com/newsline/446288-russia-nato-generals-baku-gerasimov/

 

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Anonymous ID: b33567 Dec. 12, 2018, 4:17 p.m. No.4281915   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>2042

US Border Crisis: 100,000 Illegal Immigrants in 60 Days

 

Smuggling groups exploit loopholes in US immigration laws amid congressional inaction

 

WASHINGTON—A caravan’s worth of illegal immigrants cross the border every day—as has been the case for years. But the numbers are currently on a sharp upward trend.

 

The recent caravan of around 8,000 migrants mostly from Honduras—an anomaly because of its size and propensity for violence—created a media frenzy for a couple of weeks, but while the coverage has waned, the illegal border crossings haven’t.

 

In the past two months alone, more than 100,000 people have been apprehended for illegally crossing into the United States. That’s the highest number for October and November in four of the past five years (the end of 2016 spiked before President Donald Trump took office).

 

During fiscal 2017, almost 400,000 people were apprehended along the southwest border after crossing illegally—averaging out to almost 1,100 per day. A further 124,500 turned up at ports of entry without documentation.

 

Driving the increase are family units from Central America.

 

A snapshot of the border crossings on Dec. 3 highlights the trend, according to Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner Kevin McAleenan.

 

“The highest numbers of arrivals at our southwest border in years—3,029 illegal entries and inadmissible persons—arrived at our border last Monday. 85 percent of them crossed illegally,” McAleenan said during a Senate oversight hearing on Dec. 11.

 

He said the numbers included 1,731 members of family groups and 350 unaccompanied children.

 

“We will more than double last year’s record number of family units at this rate,” he said. A family unit consists of at least one child and one adult.

 

Less than a decade ago, most illegal border-crossers were single adult males from Mexico.

 

Now, it’s family units and unaccompanied minors seeking asylum, which presents a whole different set of challenges. These groups made up fewer than 10 percent of illegal border crossings up until the year 2012. Last month, they made up 59 percent, according to McAleenan.

 

https://www.theepochtimes.com/us-border-crisis-100000-illegal-immigrants-in-60-days_2737307.html