Authorities caught barely half of all illegal border crossers last year, report finds

Article CAIRCO note: 
"The 98-page report was completed in May, and Homeland Security officials have declined to release it"
Article publisher: 
Fox News
Article date: 
6 October 2016
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National News
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Immigration authorities caught just over half of the people who illegally entered the U.S. from Mexico last year, according to a report commissioned by the Department of Homeland Security that offers one of the most detailed assessments of border security ever compiled ...

The 98-page report was completed in May, and Homeland Security officials have declined to release it, despite urging from some members of Congress. The Associated Press obtained a copy from a government official involved in border issues who acted on condition of anonymity because the department has not made the report public ...

The report obtained by the AP takes a different approach. It does not credit the government for people who turn around or turn themselves in to agents to seek asylum, a common occurrence among Central American women and children who have entered the country in large numbers over the last five years ...


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