by Chris Black
This was supposed to be an asylum program!
Not open borders for poor people to come live on welfare and drive down the wages of the population!
The flashpoint of the migrant crisis has become Eagle Pass in Texas — besieged with 10,000 migrants this week alone — most of whom talk about the economic opportunities over fearing for their lives back home.
A Post reporter watched Thursday morning as Alexander Mendez, 23, of Venezuela and 30 others — including women and children — crossed the Rio Grande Thursday morning.
“I am going to New York,” Mendez said, noting that his sister, aunt and cousin were joining him.
He said he already had a cousin the Empire State and hoped to carve out an improved existence in his new environment.
“I want to explore New York, work and get a better life,” he said after making the two-month journey to the border.
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