Thursday, January 26, 2023

The number of immigrants crossing the southwest border unlawfully has decreased under expanded parole program - The Washington Post

"These expanded border enforcement measures are working," Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said in a statement. "It is incomprehensible that some states who stand to benefit from these highly effective enforcement measures are seeking to block them and cause more irregular migration at our southern border." 

Senior administration officials said in a news conference Wednesday that the number of migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela attempting to cross the border illegally had dropped from a seven-day average of 3,367 migrants a day on Dec. 11 to a seven-day average of 115 per day, a 97 percent drop…


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