Experts anticipated a large influx of asylum seekers when a Trump-era immigration policy expired in May. Instead, border officials saw the number of crossings drop by 70%. So, what happened here?
Border officials anticipated a spike of migrants arriving at the U.S-Mexico border after a Trump-era policy ended, but there was a decline instead., a Trump-era immigration policy that allowed the United States to quickly turn away migrants at the border during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Experts anticipated a large influx of asylum seekers when the ban expired on May 11. But instead, border officials saw the number of crossings drop by 70% in the first month. So, what happened here?A new policy may be one of the deterrents for asylum seekers making their way from South America.
"That's very difficult for a lot of people because, before Title 42, you could cross through five different countries, get to the United States, and seek asylum," Bruno said.in May that another reason may be due to cartels, who can charge about $12,000 per person with the deceitful promise to get them to the U.S.
"They're separating the families. For example, some of the children and mothers can go. But the fathers 'stay here until you pay us. If not, serious consequences will happen.' So, they're catching on. And they're not going to risk a family member or a loved one for the sake of coming over here," Lira said.
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