Illegal Immigrants Found In Storm Drain

On Saturday eight illegal immigrants were found inside a drainage pipe outside San Diego, California in what officials say is one of the busiest spots for illegal border crossing in the country.

According to reports, the U.S. Border Patrol received word that a group of illegal immigrants was seen entering a storm drain that connects San Diego and Tijuana, Mexico. Following the report, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement sent a robot into the pipe but was unable to find the people.

Late Saturday ICE officials were finally able to remove the eight illegals, including a 16-year-old boy, and were said to have suffered no serious injury.

The 30-inch-wide pipe, which runs under California’s Interstate 5, is about 100 yards long and ends in American territory, just south of the San Ysidro Port of Entry - which according to the Associated Press, see’s about 40,000 vehicles pass through onto American soil each day.

Many experts have said the flow of illegal immigrants into the U.S. has slowed with many returning back to their home countries. Last month secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano said that the drop in immigration numbers is a result of the poor economy.

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