NEWS
Disrupting flow of immigrants
Disrupting flow of
immigrants
The number of illegal immigrants being apprehended by Border Patrol
officers has dropped in every sector along the U.S.-Mexico border, with
the biggest percentage decreases in the
Yuma,
Ariz., and Del Rio, Texas, areas.
Number of apprehensions, by Border Patrol sector
|
Fiscal |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year |
Total |
San Diego |
El Centro |
Yuma |
Tucson |
|
|
2006* |
433,446 |
55,525 |
24,097 |
56,085 |
144,415 |
|
|
2007* |
304,071 |
49,335 |
21,253 |
19,156 |
126,220 |
|
|
% decline |
-30% |
-11% |
-12% |
-66% |
-13% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Rio |
|
Fiscal |
|
|
|
|
|
Grande |
|
Year |
Total |
El Paso |
Marfa |
Del Rio |
Laredo |
Valley |
|
2006* |
433,446 |
51,284 |
3,455 |
22,459 |
29,850 |
46,276 |
|
2007* |
304,071 |
29,521 |
2,282 |
8,836 |
21,520 |
25,948 |
|
% decline |
-30% |
-42% |
-34% |
-61% |
-28% |
-44% |
* Figures for 2006 and 2007 are from Oct. 1, the start of the fiscal year, through Feb. 28.
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