Border patrol data: Arrests at US-Mexico border on steady decline

Published June 8, 2017 9:07pm ET



Data released by U.S. Customs and Border Patrol shows arrests at the United States-Mexico border have been on a steady decline since the beginning of the year.

Roughly 14,500 people were apprehended on the southwest border in May, CBP data published on Thursday shows. Despite an uptick from April, when there were roughly 11,000 arrests, the numbers are still historically low.

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