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The decrease comes as fewer people are crossing the border illegally and after the agency overhauled how force should be deployed at the border.There were 15 instances where officers and agents used firearms during the budget year 2018, down from a high of 55 was reported during the 2012 budget year, and down from 17 during 2017′s budget year and 25 the budget year before.Despite high-profile instances in recent months where agents used tear gas on groups of migrants that included children, use of less-lethal force like tear gas, batons or stun guns are also down, to 898.
As said here by COLLEEN LONG