The Biden administration was worried border crossings would surge after Title 42 expired. Officials, experts and migrants help explain why numbers have fallen instead.
Fewer migrants are crossing the southern border of the U.S., and the doomsday scenarios that many politicians feared would follow the expiration of the pandemic-era restrictions known asThe reasons for the decline in border crossings are still unclear — and the trend still in its infancy — but interviews with migrants offer some possible explanations.
“We are scared. We had a dream to come here and start a new life. Now we are stuck here,” Peraza said. Nuñez-Neto noted that governments in nearby countries, including Mexico and Guatemala, had deployed law enforcement and military personnel to police their southern borders. The Biden administration has worked hard to broadcast the warning that crossing the border without authorization can lead to serious consequences. Arestricts asylum access for those who cross into the U.S. without applying for protection on their way to the border.
Nuñez-Neto told reporters Wednesday that Venezuelan, Cuban and Nicaraguan migrants were being turned back to Mexico. She said that the deterrence messaging had worked in the short term, but that she didn’t know whether that would last. Migrants’ ability to secure appointments on the app will also affect whether they decide to cross, she added.
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