Arrests on the US-Mexico border dropped in January, marking a decline for the eighth consecutive month, according to data obtained by CNN
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There were around 29,200 apprehensions on the southwest border in January, a drop from the 32,858 arrests in December, data from US Customs and Border Protection showed. Apprehensions are used as a measure of illegal border crossings and an indicator of potential issues in other countries causing people to flee. The numbers are down significantly from January 2019, when US Border Patrol arrested 47,979 people near the southern border.
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