Third year of fewer illegal immigrants caught

Posted: June 16, 2009 01:25 PM CDT

Updated: June 16, 2009 01:25 PM CDT



McALLEN, Texas (AP) - The number of Border Patrol apprehensions nationwide has dropped for a third consecutive year, according to new government data.

The Department of Homeland Security's Office of Immigration Statistics reports that the U.S. Border Patrol - charged with catching illegal
immigrants near the nation's boundaries - had 724,000 apprehensions in 2008. That's down from nearly 1.2 million in 2005.

Ninety-seven percent of those apprehensions were on the southwest border with Mexico ,and 91 percent of those caught were Mexican.


http://www.kvia.com/global/story.asp?s=10542435

If they had 724,000 caught i wonder how they would figure , are they catching 1 in 10 or 1 in 5 or what their figure would be ???