US sees sharp fall in illegal immigration from Mexico: officials

Border Patrol agents patrol the US-Mexico border in San Ysidro, California in April 2017 (AFP Photo/Sandy Huffaker)
MoreWashington (AFP) – Illegal immigration across the US-Mexico border fell for the fifth straight month in April as the Trump administration’s crackdown takes root, the Department of Homeland Security said Tuesday.
Apprehensions of undocumented immigrants, an indicator for the overall flow, fell to 11,129 in April, the lowest in decades, down two-thirds from the same