Not everyone who gets apprehended at the U.S.-Mexico border is from Mexico:
In the first six months of the year, 264,165 people were apprehended somewhere along the Southwest border, and 49.6 percent of them were from Mexico, according to data from the U.S. Border Patrol.
The countries with the most apprehensions were:
1. Mexico, 131,138
2. Guatemala 45,604
3. El Salvador 44,574
4. Honduras 30,585
5. India 2,867
6. Brazil 1,841
7. Equador 1,770
8. China 1,498
9. Romania 1,307
10. Nicaragua 730
http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2016/jul/19/border-apprehenion-data/
Note that #1-4 are countries which the US has screwed with mightily, from overthrowing their government to destroying their economies using "free trade deals".
They are coming here because "our" government couldn't leave them alone.
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