Immigration News Today: Unaccompanied Immigrant Minor Detention Falls By Half Compared to 2014

The rate of unaccompanied undocumented immigrant minors entering the U.S. has fallen by more than 50 percent.
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), an agency within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, disclosed the apprehension rate of unaccompanied undocumented immigrant children at the southern border dropped by 51 percent during the 2015 fiscal year, so far, compared to the same time frame of the 2014 fiscal year.
Between Oct. 1, 2014, and June 1, 2015, CBP agents apprehended 22,869 unaccompanied minors, categorized as children ages 17 and younger. In comparison to the same time period during the 2014 fiscal year, CBP apprehended 46,858 unaccompanied minors.
Read more: http://www.latinpost.com/articles/64096/20150705/immigration-news-today-unaccompanied-immigrant-minor-detention-falls-half-compared.htm
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