Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
If the Arizona-Mexico border is any indication, fewer immigrants are dying and getting arrested.
Fox News reports a 16% decline in arrests at the Arizona border and a 40% drop during the present fiscal year.
Between Oct. 1 and March 1, about 42,600 immigrants were detained, compared with 50,900 during this period last year.
“We notice that far fewer immigrants are crossing the border, particularly in the eastern desert region where we previously reported a large proportion of the deaths and rescues,” Adame said.
In the 2014 fiscal year, Border Patrol recoded 31 deaths, compared to 52 during the same period last year.
