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“A sluggish U.S. economy could be slowing illegal immigration over the Southwest border, some experts say, while others believe word of tightened border security is causing migrants to stay home.
Whatever the reason, U.S. Border Patrol officials say their agents caught 24 percent fewer illegal immigrants along the Southwest border in the last nine months, compared with the same period last year. And in the five Border Patrol sectors on the Texas-Mexico frontier from El Paso to Brownsville, the declines ranged from 25 percent to 51 percent.”
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