{"id":11534,"date":"2019-01-10T12:58:32","date_gmt":"2019-01-10T16:58:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/?p=11534"},"modified":"2019-01-10T12:58:35","modified_gmt":"2019-01-10T16:58:35","slug":"how-no-border-wall-caused-a-homeless-crisis-2500-miles-away-in-maine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/how-no-border-wall-caused-a-homeless-crisis-2500-miles-away-in-maine\/","title":{"rendered":"How No Border Wall Caused a Homeless Crisis 2,500 Miles Away in Maine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Building a wall won\u2019t just protect states that share a border with Mexico, but even states that share a border with Canada.  <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/nhy_1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11535\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/nhy_1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/nhy_1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/nhy_1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/nhy_1.jpg 1608w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>FrontPage Mag<\/strong>, by Daniel Greenfield &#8212; 1\/10\/2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Excerpt:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>When Americans think about border security, they usually imagine  the floods of migrants crossing the border and showing up in Texas and  Arizona. The illegal migrant crisis is at its worst in places like El  Paso where gang members released by a broken immigration system swarm  the streets. Limited border fencing had previously helped sharply <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2018\/01\/13\/we-already-have-a-border-wall-and-it-works\/\"><em>cut crime rates<\/em><\/a><em> in El Paso, but it doesn\u2019t end in El Paso.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>2,500 miles away, Portland, Maine is experiencing a crisis that  redefines the nature of the problem and whom it impacts. Illegal border  invaders aren\u2019t just from this continent. Anyone who can fly into South  America and make their way up to Mexico has a shot at crossing the  border and invading America.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Portland shelters, 2,500 miles  away, are overloaded by illegal migrants from sub-Saharan Africa who  crossed the border and then kept right on going to one of the coldest,  but most profitable parts of the country. Portland, like many areas in  Maine, attracted migrants because of the generous social safety net that  had been set up to help the local population deal with turbulent  economic times.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>View the complete article including image, links and comments at:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.frontpagemag.com\/fpm\/272446\/how-no-border-wall-caused-homeless-crisis-2500-daniel-greenfield\">https:\/\/www.frontpagemag.com\/fpm\/272446\/how-no-border-wall-caused-homeless-crisis-2500-daniel-greenfield<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Building a wall won\u2019t just protect states that share a border with Mexico, but even states that share a border with Canada. 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