Illegal crossings at the southern border of the United States decreased by 50% in January

Irregular crossings of migrants on the southern border of U.S decreased by 50% in January, as reported this Tuesday by the Customs and Border Protection (CBP, for its acronym in English).

Last month, US authorities reported 124,220 arrests of migrants who tried to cross USA in Mexico irregularly, that is, without appearing at the port of entry.

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O PCC attributes this decline to larger, temporary trends.”efforts”from authorities in other countries, such as Mexico, and from the North American authorities themselves, to prevent the movement of people, according to the agency’s acting commissioner, Troy Milleris a statement.

However, Miller highlighted that immigration authorities in the US continue to “facing serious challenges along the border that exceed the capacity of the immigration system”.

Mexican citizens accounted for just under half of arrests, with 46,274 arrests reported to CBP. They were followed by the Guatemalans, with 19,572 arrests and in third place were the Ecuadorians, with 7,602 arrests.

The government of Joe Biden tried to restrict access to asylum on the southern border, imposing the use of a mobile application called CBP One as the main legal means to request this protection at the border.

In January, 45,000 people were able to go to a port of entry to request asylum through CBP One, which grants only 1,450 appointments per day for the entire border, according to data published this Tuesday.

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The reduction in irregular crossings in January comes after a record number of migrant border arrests were recorded in December, with more than 240,000 arrests.

Land immigration has been at the center of politics in washington in recent months, where Republican party criticized the Biden administration’s border policy despite the restrictions it imposed.

It is so much so that in Chamber of Representativescontrolled by Republicans, attempted to impeach the Secretary of Homeland Security, Alejandro Mayorkasaccusing him of having violated the “public trust”And refuse to comply with US law.

Source: Elcomercio

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