Government Induced Border Crisis Nestor Rodriguez The University of Texas at Austin July 6, 2018

End of an Era of an Unauthorized Mexican Migration Surge

Border Patrol Apprehensions at the Southwest Border, FY1980-2017, Drop by 82% (DHS, 2016 Statistical Yearbook)

Family Units Apprehended Family Units Represent Fewer than 5% of Population Age 15-35 in El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras Family Units Apprehended % change 2013 14,855 2014 68,445 360.8% 2015 40,053 -41.5% 2016 77,674 93.9% 2017 75,622 -2.6% Family Units apprehended in Southwest border, FY 2016 Central American family units apprehended = 71,145 El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras population age 15-34 =11,395,399 71,145/11,395,399= .006 (.6%) 1.2% if we double number of family units https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/stats/usbp-sw-border- apprehensions

Doctors without Borders-- 2017 survey refugees and migrants in Mexico 68% reported being victims of violence in the journey to the United States Nearly 33% of women had been sexually abused 60% of migrants treated by DWB for sexual violence were raped 47% of 1,817 refugees and migrants treated for mental health issues were victims of direct physical violence en route 12% of all migrants experienced PTSD