The Daily Caller easily found corroboration of WOAI’s account in official stats. Despite the assurance of DHS secretary Napolitano that the border’s secure and getting more so, Illegal crossings seem to have started rising in 2012. A couple of points:

–It’s not surprising to see a rise in advance of actual legislation. That happened with welfare too–you would be surprised to see caseloads rise or fall a little bit ahead of rule changes. Apparently people hear advance word and anticipate the changes.

–Nevertheless, something official did happen in 2012 Obama issued his de-facto executive DREAM Act–”deferred action” for young undocumented immigrants. Is it crazy to think that the huge jump in children being brought across the border (8,041 in 2008 to 24,481 in 2012) had something to do with this–e.g. parents bringing in their kids so they will qualify under the next “deferred action,” or under any future DREAM-like legislation?