These 8 Graphics Explain How Bad the Illegal Immigration Crisis Really Is

Kelsey Bolar • June 30, 2019

For months, Democrats denied the illegal immigration crisis at the southern border, with Sen. Chuck Schumer, flanked by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, going so far as to accuse President Donald Trump of working to “manufacture a crisis, stoke fear and divert attention from the turmoil in his administration."

The president, on the other hand, has made the situation on the southern border a top priority, in January declaring it both a “humanitarian and security crisis," and stressing it ever since.

So how bad is it? The Daily Signal rounded up some of the most striking statistics to explain the current crisis.

These 8 Graphics Explain How Bad the Illegal Immigration Crisis Really Is — Graphic: Kelsey Lucas for The Daily Signal

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