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A father and his 3-year-old son are detained in the back of a U.S. Customs and Border Patrol vehicle Wednesday, July 18, 2018 in San Luis, Ariz. The boy, his father and two siblings were arrested by a U.S. Border Patrol agent who spotted them crossing a canal along the the international border. (AP Photo/Matt York)

Despite crackdown, immigrants flowing through Arizona border

By ASTRID GALVAN - Associated Press

A triple layer of fencing, more Border Patrol agents and bollard-style barriers along the border have reduced illegal crossings from Mexico into Yuma, Arizona, by nearly 90 percent. President Trump is due to visit the border town, considered a monumental success, on Tuesday. (Associated Press)

Border fencing, more agents and prosecutions cause drop in Yuma, Arizona, border crossings

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Immigrants who have been caught crossing the border illegally are housed inside the McAllen Border Patrol Station in McAllen, Texas where they are processed on Tuesday, July 15, 2014. More than 57,000 unaccompanied children have been apprehended at the southwestern border since October, more than twice the total this time last year, many through the Rio Grande Valley. (AP Photo/Los Angeles Times, Rick Loomis, Pool)

Feds mum on prosecution of illegal border crossers

By ASTRID GALVAN - Associated Press