Government Claims Guard HelpingWian: ...Border Patrol apprehensions are the best available indicator of attempted illegal entries into the United States. Since National Guard troops arrived at the border in a support role in June, southwest border apprehensions have plunged 34 percent, compared to the same five-month period last year. ....Cutler: Right now the National Guard on the border is nothing more than a Band-Aid, and it's a very flimsy one at that. Watch Transcript
Associated Press via KVOA-TVArrests of illegal immigrants at border down more than 11 percent
Drop in apprehensions meaninglessWatch "The Truth About the Border" -- by American Border Patrol