Border Patrol arrest figures drop
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The number of illegal immigrants arrested along U.S. borders dropped 23 percent during the past nine months -- evidence, officials said, that stepped-up enforcement is working.
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The proportion of crimes solved by police in England and Wales fell last year, says the Home Office.
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Asylum applications have dropped by 13% to 9,210 in the second quarter of 2004, Home Office Figures show.
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U.S. agents arrested about 195 people in more than a dozen states in a crackdown on illegal immigrants involving a maintenance business for theme restaurants like Hard Rock Cafe, officials said on Thursday.
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A sport utility vehicle crammed with suspected illegal immigrants rolled over in an attempt to outrun Border Patrol agents, killing nine people and injuring at least 12 others, officials said.
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NUEVO LAREDO, Mexico  - The number of illegal  immigrants detained on the U.S.-Mexico border jumped in late  2004 as the U.S. government tightened security, although some  border agents said it only signaled that more people were  crossing the frontier.
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The number of drink drivers arrested in the three weeks before Christmas fell slightly, according to police.
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Police checkpoints that have surrounded the Capitol since last August were gone Thursday following a postelection decision by authorities to lower the threat level.
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Police are often "too busy" or "not interested" when illegal immigrants are reported, MPs are told by parking firm NCP.
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An off-duty U.S. Border Patrol agent was jailed for more than a day after Mexican border officials found 650 rounds of ammunition in his car, authorities said Saturday.
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Canada and the United States have announced plans to decrease border wait times at the Detroit-Windsor, Ont. border crossings. Public Safety Minister Anne McLellan and US Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge
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Some cities are seeing a drop in the number of officers on the beat and a shift in police resources to fight terror.
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AT ISSUE: Critics accuse Border Patrol of underreporting number of illegal immigrants who die crossing border. Border Patrol says its vigilance has helped reduce deaths.
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil  - Rio de Janeiro  authorities on Thursday played down a human rights group report  which claimed police violence in the Brazilian city was rife,  saying the number of people killed by police was decreasing.
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axi and Limousine Commission officials said yesterday that their agents had acted &quot;somewhat overzealously&#39;&#39; in arresting Mike Wallace earlier this month and that the disorderly conduct charge against him would be dropped.
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Violent crime has fallen for the first time in eight years, but drug-linked offences and robberies are on the rise, according to Home Office figures released Thursday.
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Crime dipped slightly for the first half of 2007, the FBI reported Monday, signaling a stop to a 2-year increase in violence nationwide.