Illegal U.S.–Mexican Border Crossings Fall to Lowest Level in Two Years
By Ari Blaff
February 11, 2023 9:39 AM
Crossings at the U.S.–Mexico border fell below 130,000 in January 2023, a 42 percent drop compared to December 2022. They are now at their lowest number since the first full month of Joe Biden’s presidency.
The drop signals that recent initiatives by the Biden administration may be working to quell illegal crossings. “I think it points to the fact that the model we have put forward here . . . can really dramatically change migratory patterns and migratory behavior,” one anonymous border official told Axios.
In early January, the White House extended Title 42, a policy first adopted by former president Donald Trump to restrict asylum-seekers from the Mexico border under a public-health rationale.
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