claim: "there are fewer people crossing (the southwest) border than in the last 30 years."
author: luis gutierrez
evidence_1: feb 13, 2013 ... in fiscal year 2011, there were 18,506 u.s. border patrol agents in the southwest  border sectors; study: apprehensions of unauthorized immigrants are at ... made  -- putting more boots on the southern border than at any time in our history, and  reducing illegal crossings to their lowest levels in 40 years.".
evidence_2: apr 25, 2017 ... luis gutierrez, d-ill. that fewer people were crossing the southwest border than in  the last three decades. more recently, democratic congressman john conyers jr. , of michigan, also said apprehension rates had plummeted and that numbers for  mexicans caught by border patrol had reached their lowest ...
evidence_3: mar 9, 2017 ... the number of undocumented immigrants apprehended by border patrol agents  as they attempt to cross the southwest border has plunged dramatically, ... “ fewer people are putting themselves and their families at risk of exploitation,  assault and injury by human traffickers and the physical dangers of the ...
evidence_4: jul 25, 2016 ... the number of southwest border apprehensions actually dipped to its lowest  point in 2011. we rated this statement mostly true. share the facts. luis  gutierrez. representative. "there are fewer people crossing (the southwest)  border than in the last 30 years." on an interview with bill o'reilly – monday, ...
evidence_5: 5 days ago ... at the same time, arrests along the mexican border have fallen sharply,  apparently as fewer people have tried to sneak into the u.s. figures released by  the ... administration, and marks a dramatic drop from 2000, when more than 1.6  million people were apprehended crossing the southwest border alone.