Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said that authorities faced “extremely challenging” circumstances along the border with Mexico days before pandemic-related asylum restrictions end.
PUBLISHED 4:57 PM EDT May 05, 2023Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said Friday that authorities faced “extremely challenging” circumstances along the border with Mexico days before pandemic-related asylum restrictions end.Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Friday visited the U.S.-Mexico border, his second day of a visit to the Rio Grande ValleyMigrants have been expelled from the U.S. more than 2.
Mayorkas noted that Mexico agreed this week to continue taking back Venezuelans who enter the U.S. illegally after asylum restrictions end Thursday, along with Cubans, Haitians and Nicaraguans. Migrants have been expelled from the U.S. more than 2.8 million times since March 2020 under what is known as Title 42 authority.
Illegal crossings tumbled after President Joe Biden announced asylum restrictions in January, but they have risen since mid-April. Brandon Judd, president of the National Border Patrol Council, said this week they have been hovering around 7,200 daily, up from about 5,200 in March. Mexican Foreign Affairs Secretary Marcelo Ebrard echoed Mayorkas' sentiment about smugglers spreading misinformation.
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