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.