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SHREVEPORT, La -- It was a "mistake." U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., says thats how the acting director of Immigrations and Customs Enforcement described the drop-off of two busloads of Haitian migrants a week ago at the Shreveport bus station, with no organization, following their release from Louisiana detention centers. "I cant help but think that the reason they have the problem is because they have an overflow of people in detainment. And they just have to do something with them. And so th...

SHREVEPORT, La -- It was a "mistake." U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy says thats how the acting director of Immigrations and Customs Enforcement described the drop-off of two busloads of Haitian migrants a week ago at the Shreveport bus station, with no organization, following their release from Louisiana detention centers. "I cant help but think that the reason they have the problem is because they have an overflow of people in detainment. And they just have to do something with them. And so their norm...

Figures from the pew hispanic center. they estimate 375,000 people in arizona last year entered the country illegally or overstayed their legal visas. thats 100,000 less than the centers estimate for 2008. why? lets ask mark kerkorian of the center for immigrations studies, charles cook is former president of the immigration lawyers association. to you first, charles, why do you think those numbers are down? >> well, first, its clearly the economy has chased people out of arizona to places where...