Although the biggest fear for undocumented immigrants living in the U.S. is still deportation, data obtained by the Department of Homeland Security reveals that the number of undocumented immigrants arrested in the U.S. decreased by 23 percent between early 2012 and August 2013.
However, according to Hispanically Speaking News, even if there was a general decrease in arrests, cities like Buffalo, Philadelphia, New Orleans, Detroit and St. Paul registered an increase.
According to the DHS, the city of Buffalo had a 78 percent increase in its monthly average of immigrants arrested between January and August of 2013.
Philadelphia had an increase of 10 percent; New Orleans 7 percent; Detroit 6 percent; and St. Paul 5 percent.
As Univisión reports, according to the most recent report by the University of Syracuse, the cities that had the largest decrease in arrests were Miami, San Diego, Atlanta, Houston and Chicago.
During the Jan. 2012 to Aug. 2013 period, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement of the U.S. processed 33 percent less undocumented immigrants than the previous year. San Diego, Atlanta, Houston and Chicago had a decrease of 28 percent.
According to the Office of Immigration Statistics, during this period the number of Mexicans arrested decreased by 25 percent, while that of Guatemalans decreased by 23 percent.
The number of undocumented Hondurans decreased by 16 percent; Salvadorians 20 percent; Nicaraguans 23 percent; Ecuadorians 25 percent; Brazilians 24 percent and Peruvians 20 percent.
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