Agents encountered 40% fewer people trying to cross the border last month after the Biden administration implemented new restrictions on the asylum process, making it the lowest data point in nearly two years.
more than 128,000 crossings in January, down from more than 221,000 in December.Agents encountered 40% fewer people trying to cross the border last month after the Biden administration implemented new restrictions on the asylum process
Encounters of those populations dropped by 95% in about three weeks – from a 7-day average of 1,231 in early January to 59 on January 31; immigration advocates have decried the new policies The threat of being expelled or blocked from other migration pathways led to the lowest number of attempted crossings since President Biden’s first full year in office.
Immigration advocates have criticized the new policies at the border, which they say severely restrict asylum-seekers’ legal right to claim protections in the U.S.
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