Border Crossings Decrease by 50% Following Title 42 Expiration, Officials Report
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US Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has said that the number of migrants crossing the US-Mexico border has dropped by 50% since the pandemic-era immigration policy known as Title 42 expired on Thursday. Border Patrol agents had about 6,300 encounters with border-crossers on Friday and another 4,200 on Saturday, compared with more than 10,000 shortly before Title 42's expiration.
- Mexican border crossings are down 50% since Title 42 expiration, homeland security chief says Reuters
- Spike in illegal border entries does not materialize in immediate aftermath of Title 42's end CBS Philadelphia
- Border crossings are down from earlier in the week, Mayorkas says POLITICO
- Mayorkas: Border crossings down 50% after Title 42 CNN
- Immigration numbers have been steady since Title 42 ended, officials say WFAA
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