Assessing the Impact of Title 42's End on Border Crossings.

The termination of the Title 42 pandemic-era migration control policy did not result in an immediate spike in illegal crossings along the U.S.-Mexico border, according to government data obtained by CBS News. Border Patrol agents apprehended roughly 6,300 migrants on Friday, a sharp drop from record levels of illegal entries reported days earlier. However, 6,300 daily apprehensions is still a historically high level, and another sharp increase in migrant crossings could still occur in the future. The Biden administration is betting on a strategy that pairs deterrence measures with increased legal migration channels to reduce the historically high levels of migration recorded over the past two years.