Reuters-

U.S. border agents are on pace to arrest about 16 percent fewer people this month at the southwest border than in May, according to preliminary figures provided by an official at the Department of Homeland Security.

If current trends continue, about 34,000 people will be apprehended attempting to cross the U.S.-Mexico border illegally in June, said the official, who requested anonymity because the numbers are not final.

The drop comes in the wake of President Donald Trump’s “zero tolerance” policy, implemented in May, in which federal agencies coordinate to prosecute all immigrants apprehended entering the United States illegally.

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