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The number of migrants intercepted by the US authorities at the border with Mexico was reduced by half after the end of a regulation adopted during the covid-19 pandemic, the authorities said this Sunday.
In the last two days, the United States border patrol registered a 50% drop in the number of encounters compared to what we experienced earlier in the week, said Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. According to the official, around 6,300 migrants crossed the border with Mexico on Friday and 4,200 on Saturday, numbers he described as “remarkably low” compared to the 10,000 daily crossings recorded earlier in the week.
Title 42, the rule that expired on Thursday at 11:59 p.m. in Washington, allowed the immediate expulsion of migrants without a visa or documentation, including asylum seekers, in the name of the health emergency.
To prevent the massive influx of migrants after his uprising, the government of Democratic President Joe Biden deployed thousands of police and military in the almost 3,200 km that separate the United States and Mexico, and approved new restrictions on the right to asylum.
Before appearing at the border, migrants must previously obtain an appointment through a mobile application for the centralization of asylum applications, CBP One, or their asylum application must have been rejected in one of the transit countries. Otherwise, they may be subject to expedited removal proceedings to their home countries and a five-year ban on entry to US territory.
However, Republican Congressman Mark Green, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, disputed the figures.
with AFP
