US expects 25 pc drop in arrests on Mexico border in June

The number of migrants taken into custody at the US-Mexico border is expected to drop by 25 percent in June, in part due to Mexican efforts to stem the flow, the acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security said Friday.More than 144,000 undocumented migrants were seized at the southwestern US border in May, part of a surge in recent months."These three weeks have demonstrated that they are, already," McAleenan told reporters.