Border arrests in Tucson sector drop 12 percent
Published: 04.11.2008
Border Patrol agents in the
It continues a two-year decline all along the U.S.-Mexican border.
Tightened security, stepped-up enforcement and a weakening
In the
In the Yuma sector, where extra fencing and agents have been added, the Border Patrol arrested 5,909 people from October through March, compared with 24,721 in the year-ago period and 77,316 in that span two years before.
That decline also coincides with prosecutions, rather than immediate removal, of first-time crossers, a strict
Labels: Border Patrol, Border Security, Illegal Invasion
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