{"id":51787,"date":"2025-03-21T20:56:20","date_gmt":"2025-03-22T03:56:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cbs26.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/21\/border-encounters-in-arizona-hit-historic-lows-in-february\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T20:56:20","modified_gmt":"2025-03-22T03:56:20","slug":"border-encounters-in-arizona-hit-historic-lows-in-february","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cbs26.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/21\/border-encounters-in-arizona-hit-historic-lows-in-february\/","title":{"rendered":"Border encounters in Arizona hit historic lows in February"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gray-kpho-prod.gtv-cdn.com\/resizer\/v2\/https:\/do0bihdskp9dy.cloudfront.net\/03-22-2025\/t_60b086aad6f64d8fab515f056675f42c_name_file_1280x720_2000_v3_1_.jpg?auth=eed34d34bf9bceebadf102f3bc207cd11fbec39953a1f8d5c2b410450b31a36e&#038;width=1200&#038;height=600&#038;smart=true\"><\/p>\n<div>New numbers from the federal government show border encounters in Arizona have dropped to record lows last month. Last month, the Tucson sector saw 1,336 encounters and the Yuma sector saw 243. For Tucson, that\u2019s a 97.3% decrease since February 2024. Yuma also had a decrease of 95.1% compared to the same time last year.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gray-kpho-prod.gtv-cdn.com\/resizer\/v2\/https:\/do0bihdskp9dy.cloudfront.net\/03-22-2025\/t_60b086aad6f64d8fab515f056675f42c_name_file_1280x720_2000_v3_1_.jpg?auth=eed34d34bf9bceebadf102f3bc207cd11fbec39953a1f8d5c2b410450b31a36e&amp;width=1200&amp;height=600&amp;smart=true\"><\/p>\n<div>New numbers from the federal government show border encounters in Arizona have dropped to record lows last month. Last month, the Tucson sector saw 1,336 encounters and the Yuma sector saw 243. For Tucson, that\u2019s a 97.3% decrease since February 2024. 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