Border Patrol Apprehensions Plummeted 93% in California Since 1996

border patrol 3By Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com

The number of people caught trying to slip across the border from Mexico to California has declined a whopping 93% since 1996.

The Sacramento Bee reports that Border apprehensions in the area dropped from roughly 550,000 in 1996 to 39,000 in 2015, citing data from Homeland Security. 

Illegal immigration has plummeted everywhere along the Mexican border, largely because of increased enforcement.

According to the Pew Research Center, more Mexicans are leaving the U.S. than flocking here.

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