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The number of migrants who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border illegally in June plummeted to an all-time low since the start of the Biden administration following the enactment of stricter asylum rules.
According to a recent CBS News publication, Border Patrol agents recorded just over 100,000 apprehensions last month of immigrants who entered the US illegally along the southern border, a sharp drop from the 169,000 apprehensions reported in May.
Statistically, this would be a significant decrease if data from the Border Patrol are taken into account, which recorded in 2022 that 2.7 million people were detained while crossing illegally into the United States through the southern border, that is, an average of 225,000 a month last year.
It should be noted that the category of arrests of Border Patrol indicates the number of times the agency processed immigrants who crossed into the US between legal ports of entry, which is illegal. They do not include migrants processed at ports of entry, where the Biden administration has been admitting tens of thousands of asylum seekers each month.
The last time Border Patrol apprehensions along the US-Mexico border were minor was in February 2021, President Biden’s first full month in the White House. The number of illegal border entries remains high compared to pre-pandemic levels.
Still, the marked reduction in illegal crossings has alleviated, at least temporarily, the major operational, humanitarian, and political challenges the Biden administration faced over the past year as a result of an unprecedented immigration crisis that saw record numbers of migrants arrive. to the United States.
According to analysts in The New York Times, This scenario could be the result of Mexico’s strategy that reflects the emergence of the country as an executor of United States immigration policies.often acting in concert and taking their own steps to control the border.
In addition, recent measures implemented by the Biden administration include tougher penalties and improvements to the application designed to expedite asylum applications.
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