Nielsen testifies on border security: 'This is not a manufactured crisis, this is truly an emergency'

Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen warns the House Homeland Security Committee that the growing number of illegal immigrants flowing to the southern border will overwhelm the system entirely.

In the clip below, Nielsen notes the spike in apprehensions that occurred in February of 75,000 and predicts it will only get worse as we head for summer. Nielsen reports that they are projecting almost one million apprehensions this year alone:



She makes abundantly clear to the House committee that “these increases will overwhelm the system entirely” and that “this is not a manufactured crisis, this is truly an emergency.”

I don’t have a video for this one, but here’s another fact that will give you an idea of just how bad it’s gotten at the border:

Kirstjen Nielsen said this morning that a lot of people who present themselves at the border as family units are "posing as families," and DHS has uncovered "recycling rings" that reuse the same children over and over to help illegal immigrants get into the U.S. and stay here. 

— David Martosko (@dmartosko)

If you want to read Nielsen’s full testimony, you can do so below:

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