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DHS Reports Illegal Migration Down In FY ’15

DHS Reports Illegal Migration Down In FY ’15
Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson. Photo: DHS

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Tuesday said that illegal migration into the United States was down in fiscal year 2015 versus a year ago, including a drop in the number of Central Americans trying to enter the country.DHS said that in FY ’15, the Border Patrol apprehended 337,000 illegal migrants nationwide, down 30 percent from 486,651 in FY ’14 and down nearly 80 percent from the peaks of 1.6 million in FY ’00.On top of the apprehensions by…

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