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Border Crossings Fall 50%, Easing Fear of US Migration Surge
- Mayorkas says it’s too soon to say whether surge has peaked
- Republicans say Biden administration incentivizing crossings
Migrants attempt to cross the US-Mexico border after the lifting of Title 42 in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, on May 11.
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The number of migrants seeking to cross the southern US border has been “markedly down” during the past two days, bucking expectations of a surge after pandemic-era border rules expired, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said.
The US Border Patrol “has experienced a 50% drop in the number of encounters versus what we were experiencing earlier in the week,” before the restrictions known as Title 42 were lifted, Mayorkas said on CNN’s State of the Union.