Welcome to Home of the Brave. I'm Scott Carrier.

Ten days ago, at the end of April, the U.S. Congress approved a $1 trillion budget that included no funding for building a wall along the

U.S. Mexico border. So it looks like Trump's wall is not going to happen.

What is happening though since Trump took office is a dramatic drop in the

number of people coming across the border illegally. Or to be accurate, since Trump

took office there's been a dramatic drop in the number of

apprehensions of people coming across the border illegally. We don't actually know

how many people come across since a lot more make it than get caught and those who do

make it don't exactly report in when they get here. So the Border Patrol estimates

the number based upon apprehensions.

Normally, from January to March, with the favorable weather conditions,

the number of apprehensions increases 50 to 60 percent.

But this year, as Trump took office,

the number of apprehensions actually went down by 67 percent. That's a big drop and I'd guess that the cause of this decline is the

deportations or the stories of the deportations.

Many, if not most, immigrants who come here illegally have family members here already,

and the people who are here are telling the folks back home not to come because nobody feels safe anymore.

The Obama administration deported lots of people, but those people had broken a law. Under Trump, everyone without documentation is a target.

Last week, for example, in northern Utah, a mother was arrested in front of her kids in a grocery store parking lot.

These stories, these actual events, are scaring people, and they're telling people back home,

don't come. Now is not not a good time, but this is just a guess on my part.

I thought it would be good to actually talk to someone who's here illegally.

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