Apparently the U.S. attorney's office for the District of Arizona has announced it would no longer or their reports it will no longer prosecute first time legal border crossers under the Operation Streamline, which apparently has been extremely effective. And where this was implemented In the Yuma sector in fiscal 2004, 140,000 immigrants were apprehended, and by last year, there were only 6,000. And you know, basically what Operation Streamline is, is it's a, it's a streamlined adjudication process where first time, first time offenders of or illegal immigrants are brought before a judicial proceeding in groups of seven and they return. (36:11–36:13)
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Asserts a reduction in immigrant apprehensions in the Yuma sector from 140,000 in 2004 to 6,000 in the previous year.
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