US southern border detentions plunged for the second straight month in July after a deal with
Mexico to block Central
American migrants, the Department of Homeland Security announced Thursday.
US Border Patrol agents detained or blocked 82,049 migrants at the frontier with Mexico last month, down from 104,367 in June and a 13-year peak of 144,266 in May, they said.
The Department of Homeland Security attributed the fall to a deal signed with Mexico in June to stem the flow of migrants traveling northward to the
United States from Central America, mainly Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador.