Venezuela now leads US asylum requests as crisis deepens

[Bacchus4.0]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/venezuela-now-leads-us-asylum-requests-as-crisis-deepens/2017/02/12/d6cf0342-f0e0-11e6-a100-fdaaf400369a_story.html?utm_term=.35b274b3e72d

BOGOTA, Colombia — Venezuelans for the first time led asylum requests to the United States as the country’s middle class fled the crashing, oil-dependent economy.

Data from the U.S. government’s Citizenship and Immigration Services show that 18,155 Venezuelans submitted asylum requests last year, a 150 percent increase over 2015 and six times the level seen in 2014. China was second place, with 17,745 requests coming from citizens of that country.

Venezuela first cracked the top 10 asylum-seeking nations following months of sometimes bloody street protests in early 2014 seeking to oust President Nicolas Maduro.

But back then, amid the widespread jailing and harassment of opponents of the socialist administration, fewer than 100 Venezuelans per month sought asylum. That compares with 2,334 requests in December, 2016, the last month for which data is available.

[TheDebbieDee]

1. Guess what? This is a chain reaction! The Venezualans

May head north willing to work cheaper which will displace workers who head north willing to work cheaper which will displace workers who head north willing to work cheaper, etc. until the final displaced workers try to come into the US!

This is the long-term ripple effect...