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Article: Fewer illegal immigrants enter United States in fiscal 2007
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- December 26, 2007
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Fewer illegal immigrants enter United States in fiscal 2007
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- U.S. border authorities arrested
just under 877,000 illegal crossers in fiscal 2007, whichended in
September, down 20 percent compared with the year before,The Los
Angeles Times reported Wednesday.
A drop in apprehensions is often interpreted as a sign that fewer
migrants are attempting the trip, the paper said.
The growth rate of the U.S. Mexican-born population has droppedby
nearly half to 4.2 percent in 2007 from about 8 percent in 2005and
2006, the paper quoted an analysis of census data by the Pew
Hispanic Center.
Employment of foreign-born Hispanics increased at a markedly
slower pace in the ...