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Border Arrests Plummet

Weak economy uninviting for illegal immigrants.

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Could the recession push the hot-button issue of illegal immigration out of the spotlight in America? The Los Angeles Times reports border arrests are down a whopping 24 percent in the last five months compared to the same period last year. One spokesman for the US Border Patrol said officers were "in shock" after a 126-mile section of the border saw no arrests at all for two days straight in December. Experts attribute the decline to a combination of increased border security measures and the weakened economy, which makes crossings less worth the trouble given fewer and less desirable jobs on the American side.

Read it at Los Angeles Times

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