Claim: "Apprehension rates at the southern border have plummeted since the 1980s, and apprehensions of Mexicans specifically have reached their lowest point in nearly half a century."
Fact-check: Rep. Conyers: border apprehensions down since 1980s
Verdict: mostly-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Miriam Valverde
Date published: 2017-04-03T00:00:00