Northeast border detentions up in 2017

WASHINGTON — Newly released data show an increase in the number of people taken into custody by the U.S. Border Patrol in the region that includes Vermont, although the numbers for the country overall were down in fiscal 2017.
Arrests and deportations by Immigration and Customs Enforcement increased in New England over previous years as well.
Nationwide, the Border Patrol reported that fiscal 2017, which ended Sept. 30, saw the lowest number of detentions of people illegally crossing the b