The U.S. Border Patrol on Monday announced a significant reduction in illegal border crossings in the San Diego Sector, but an increase in narcotics seizures.
“Through the first two months of the new fiscal year, the sector has recorded 1,793 apprehensions,” according to a USBP statement. “This represents a 93% decrease over the same period a year ago, when the sector had already recorded 24,735 apprehensions. This low a level of activity has not been seen in the sector since the 1960s.”
Chief Border Patrol Agent Justin De La Torre attributed the decrease to a combination of factors, most notably tougher immigration and border security policies…