(AP photo)US President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown has produced a spike in detentions by deportation officers across the country during his first months in office. At the same time, arrests along the Mexican border have fallen sharply, apparently as fewer people have tried to sneak into the United States. Even as border crossings decline, however, Trump continues to push for his promised wall along the border -a wall that critics say is unnecessary and a waste of cash. The decline in border crossings continues a trend that began during the Obama administration, and marks a dramatic drop from 2000, when more than 1.6 million people were apprehended crossing the southwest border alone. He has also pushed for funding for his border wall.

Source: Indian Express December 06, 2017 02:08 UTC