Adolfo Cardenas smiles faintly at the memory of traveling with his 14-year-old son from Honduras to the U.S.-Mexico border in only nine days, riding buses and paying a smuggler $6,000 to ensure passage through highway checkpoints.
Illegal crossings plunge as US extends policy across border
Credit: KGUN, Tucson, AZ
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CROSSINGS -- HAVE DROPPED.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SAYS -- ITCOMES AFTER THE TRUMPADMINISTRATION MADE ASYLUM-SEEKERS WAIT IN MEXICO FORHEARINGS IN U-S IMMIGRATIONCOURT.ARIZONA'S WESTERN BORDER -- ISSEEING A MAJOR DECREASE.BORDER ARRESTS THERE FELL 94PERCENT -- FROM MAY TO OCTOBER.AN ARIZONA LAW