Associated Press
SAN DIEGO (AP) — U.S. authorities say arrests for illegally crossing the border from Mexico fell 7% in September to a more than four-year low. It is probably the last monthly gauge during a presidential campaign in which Republican nominee Donald Trump has made immigration a signature issue. The Border Patrol made nearly 54,000 arrests in September. That’s the lowest tally since August 2020. San Diego was again the busiest corridor for illegal crossings. For the government’s fiscal year ended Sept. 30, the Border Patrol made 1.53 million arrests after topping 2 million in each of the previous two years for the first time.
