Denver, Chicago change migrant plans citing fewer border encounters
(NewsNation) — The number of migrants and asylum-seekers crossing into the United States at the southern border has dropped significantly since April, but providing long-term solutions for border security remains an uphill battle for both Democrats and Republicans as November’s election draws closer.
Encounters between migrants and border agents along the U.S. southern border have dropped from 180,000 per month in April to around 108,000 in August, according to data provided by U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
The drop comes after President Joe Biden signed an executive order in June to address the nation’s broken immigration system.
Since then, Democrats have touted Biden’s order as slowing the number of migrants crossing the border. In turn, fewer border encounters have led sanctuary cities like Denver and Chicago to see an end to buses of migrants being sent to those cities by Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott.
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