Migrant crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border have fallen, not increased as expected, since Title 42 curbs expired last week, and reinstating criminal penalties for illegal entry is likely the biggest cause, the Biden administration said on Sunday.
WASHINGTON, May 14 - Migrant crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border have fallen, not increased as expected, sincecurbs expired last week, and reinstating criminal penalties for illegal entry is likely the biggest cause, the Biden administration said on Sunday.
Mayorkas credited the criminal penalties for migrants who illegally enter the country, which resumed under existing law after Title 42's expiration, for the decrease in crossings. The COVID-era rule adopted under former President Donald Trump allowed officials to expel migrants quickly without an asylum process but did not impose penalties.
Officials from communities along the border agreed they had not seen the large numbers of migrants that many had feared would further strain U.S. border facilities and towns. "I do think there are caravans going up. I think they still want to get in," Representative Michael McCaul said on ABC's "This Week" program.
"This is not an asylum ban. We have a humanitarian obligation, as well as a matter of security, to cut the ruthless smugglers out," he told ABC.With U.S. immigration policy in disarray, holding facilities, hospitals and towns have been left to struggle after tens of thousands of migrants waded through rivers and climbed walls and embankments onto U.S. territory last week in the days before Title 42 expired.
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