US: Immigration from Mexico 40 percent lower

washington - Illegal immigration from Mexico to the United States was in the month of February forty percent lower than the previous month. That said, the US Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly Wednesday.

Last month, tried a little 19 000 people cross the border at over 31 000 the previous month. Normally take the numbers with 10 to 20 percent during this period, according to figures from the US Customs and Border Protection Service CBP.

According to Kelly throw the President Trump decrees against illegal immigration fruit. 'The figures are the lowest in the last five years. 'Shortly after his inauguration Trump ordered the construction of a 3,200 kilometer long border wall with Mexico for the purpose of illegal immigration to the United States to limit as much as possible.