Migrant crossings at US border plummet, as Mexico cracks down
By anne flaherty
Jul 9, 2019,
The number of undocumented migrants being stopped at the U.S.-Mexico border has dropped dramatically in just weeks, remaining at historically high levels but also representing the first decline in several months.
The drop follows an agreement by the Mexican government with President Donald Trump to deploy its own security forces to crack down on asylum seekers.
The Homeland Security Department announced on Tuesday that 104,344 people either tried to cross illegally or approached a port of entry without proper documentation -- a 28% drop compared to May when 144,278 people tried to cross. Almost all of the undocumented migrants arrive at the border seeking to claim asylum as allowed under U.S. law.
Read more at: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/migrant-crossings-us-border-plummet-mexico-cracks/story?id=64228594
A big drop but a lot of people were coming in. So, a 28% drop say between if 150,000 people were coming in versus 50,000.
