APPREHENSIONS AT THE SOUTHWEST BORDER, INCLUDING NEW MEXICO, ARE DOWN 40 PERCENT FROM A YEAR AGO. THAT ACCORDING TO CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION SPOKESMAN DOUG MOSIER. HE TELLS 770 KKOB IT’S A BIG CHANGE FROM A FEW YEARS AGO. HE SAYS THE EL PASO SECTOR HAD OVER 300-THOUSAND APPREHENSIONS ONE YEAR.
THE TREND IS BORNE OUT IN A NEW STUDY SHOWING, OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS, 130-THOUSAND MORE MEXICAN IMMIGRANTS RETURNED TO THEIR NATIVE COUNTRY THAN CAME INTO THE U-S.
