Arrests of undocumented immigrants have declined significantly across the Los Angeles region in the past two months despite the Trump administration’s aggressive mass deportation operations, like the one Wednesday at the Home Depot on Wilshire where Fox 11 news reported 16 people were arrested.

According to new figures released Wednesday by Homeland Security, and reported in the Los Angeles Times, federal agents had arrested 2,792 undocumented immigrants in the seven counties in and around L.A. since June 6. Homeland Security updated that number on Wednesday, indicating that fewer than 1,400 immigrants have been arrested in the region in the last month, which is a significantly lower number of arrests.

Some immigration experts suggested that the faltering number of arrests are because of

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