The Delaware Gazette

Arrests at the US-Mexican border continue to drop

WASHINGTON — Arrests of ille­gal immi­grants along the U.S. bor­der with Mex­ico are at the low­est level since the Nixon admin­is­tra­tion, indi­cat­ing that fewer peo­ple are attempt­ing to cross the bor­der to live or work in the United States. The devel­op­ment could change the debate on ille­gal immi­gra­tion from secur­ing the bor­der to han­dling the peo­ple who are already here.

Few Americans take immigrants’ jobs in Alabama

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ONEONTA, Ala. — Potato farmer Keith Smith saw most of his immi­grant work­ers leave after Alabama’s tough immi­gra­tion law took effect, so he hired Amer­i­cans. It hasn’t worked out: They show up late, work slower than sea­soned farm hands and are ready to call it a day after lunch or by midafter­noon. Some quit after a sin­gle day.

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