Illegal border crossings dip 40%

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Typically, January and February are busy months for illegal border crossings.
(Photo: Mark Wilson, Getty Images)The nation`s Homeland Security chief said late Wednesday that illegal crossings at the U.
S.
southern border have seen "an unprecedented decline in traffic" that he says coincide with the president`s new executive orders focusing on immigration laws.
Changes in U.
S.
policy, including the detention of apprehended aliens, drive up the smuggling fees, Kelly said.
Secretary of Homeland Security John F.
Kelly said the drop -- as measured by arrests and people halted from entering the country at the border -- is around 40% for the first two months of the year.
Kelly said the department is also seeing an increase in the fees charged by human smugglers along the southwest border.