Feb. 11 (UPI) -- The number of migrants stopped at the border declined for the eighth consecutive month in January, U.S. border officials said Tuesday.
The U.S. Customs and Border Patrol conducted 36,679 enforcement actions at the border in January, including 29,200 apprehensions and 7,479 inadmissibility decisions. This represents an 11 percent decline in apprehensions compared to December and a 4 percent drop in inadmissibility decisions at legal ports of entry.