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Homeland Security Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas said Sunday that U.S. has seen a 50% drop in encounters along the border since Covid restrictions were lifted.
The new US Border Patrol chief said the number of illegal migrants stopped trying to cross the besieged southern border has dropped an astonishing 90% since January 21 — a day after President ...
Hundreds of migrants waited in long lines outside an immigration office in southern Mexico on Monday, hoping to secure safe passage north and enter the U.S. legally before President-elect Donald ...
Encounters had fallen by about half in fiscal 2020, when the border was closed during the COVID pandemic, following a surge in encounters in fiscal 2019. [ 27 ] On January 16, 2021, Guatemala and Mexico deployed the military to their borders, in an attempt to stop a migrant caravan from transiting through their countries on the way to the US.
The substantial increase of plastic waste during the COVID-19 pandemic became a major environmental concern. The increased demand for single-use plastics exacerbated an already significant plastic pollution problem. Most of the new plastic found in oceans was generated from hospitals, shipping packages, and from personal protection equipment (PPE).
In fiscal year 2023, CBP figures showed that 169 people on the United States’ terrorist watch list were arrested at the border, compared to 98 in the previous fiscal year and 15 in 2021. [53] In the year after Title 42 ended, the Biden administration deported more people than in any year since 2010.
The two current officials confirmed there is some concern about the proposal and pointed to the fact that similar measures used during Title 42, the Covid policy that was meant to keep asylum ...
Migrant apprehensions at the U.S.-Mexico border fell 75% in September from a year ago to the lowest level since the Trump administration, according to preliminary data obtained by USA TODAY.