Migration at US Southern Border Slumps on Regional Efforts
- Blinken travels to Guatemala to meet counterparts on migration
- Biden administration working to spur regional answer to flows
Migrants wave to a Texas Department of Public Safety helicopter after crossing the US-Mexico border in El Paso, Texas.
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The flow of people into the US over the southwest border has slumped in the first four months of the year by one key metric, according to the Biden administration, which attributed the decline to increased enforcement and steps taken to stem the flow by Mexico and other countries further south.
The number of encounters between migrants and immigration authorities during the first fourth months of this year are down 40% compared with the final four months of last year, according to senior administration officials, who spoke on the condition they not be identified.