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Sharp Rise in Border Patrol Apprehensions along New Mexico Border
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Border Patrol is experiencing a sharp increase in apprehensions at the New Mexico border, the Albuquerque Journal reports. The Border Patrol took into custody nearly 8,000 people for illegally crossing the border in fiscal 2013 – compared to about 5,700 in fiscal 2012. Although the New Mexico numbers were on the rise, Texas…