Fewer Arrests at the Border

U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents made fewer arrests of undocumented immigrants trying to enter the country last year, the government said Monday in a report that credits stronger enforcement.

Arrests fell 8.4 percent, to 1.1 million last year from 1.2 million in fiscal year 2005. It was the first decrease since 2003, the Homeland Security Department said in releasing its annual statistics on illegal immigration. Click here.

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