Title 42 expiration leads to decrease in US-Mexico border crossings.

Migrant crossings at the US-Mexico border have decreased by 50% since the expiration of Title 42 curbs last week, according to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. The Biden administration's new asylum regulation, which reinstates criminal penalties for illegal entry, is likely the biggest cause of the decrease. Migrants must now schedule an immigration appointment through an app or seek protection from countries they passed through on their way to the US border. If they do not follow the process and are caught entering the US illegally, they are not allowed to try again, even through legal means, for five years.