Border Patrol: Captures Down Significantly on U.S.-Mexican Border in Arizona

“The U.S. Border Patrol in Arizona saw a significant decrease in illegal immigrant apprehensions in June, with news of the deployment of National Guard troops credited with driving immigrants into other regions and more remote areas.

At the same time, rescues of migrants and deaths increased or remained unchanged compared with the same period a year earlier, and immigrant rights groups blamed the increased border security for riskier behavior by migrants.”

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