Fewer crossers caught in
Arizona; migrant patterns may be changing
Mike Madden
Republic Washington Bureau
Jul. 26, 2006 12:00 AM
WASHINGTON - Illegal immigration may be shifting away from Arizona and back to California, after several years of intense focus by federal authorities on the Arizona desert.
From Oct. 1 to July 23, U.S. Border Patrol agents made 20 percent more arrests in California's two sectors compared with the same time last year, while Arizona's two sectors saw a slight drop in arrests.
That could mean smuggling rings are avoiding the new agents, fences, cameras and sensors deployed in Arizona since 2004 by concentrating on other parts of the Southwest.
As they announced the statistics Tuesday morning, Border Patrol officials said arrests are up in California because the agency now catches a higher proportion of attempted border crossers there.
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