with consequences for those who don’t use them. The Biden administration has been promoting a carrot-and-stick strategy that couples new legal pathways to the U.S. Authorities stopped Venezuelans crossing illegally nearly 30,000 times during the month, up nine times from March. “We continue to see encouraging signs that the measures we have put in place are working,” Nuñez-Neto told reporters, adding on a cautious note, “It is still too soon to draw any firm conclusions here about where these trends will go in the coming days and weeks.”Īpril figures released Wednesday further illustrate how Venezuelans drove much of the rush to the border in the waning days of Title 42. That’s down from a daily average of more than 10,000 in the four days leading to the end of Title 42.

The average includes the less than 4,000 migrants each of the last two days, said Blas Nuñez-Neto, assistant homeland security secretary for border and immigration policy. The Border Patrol has stopped migrants an average of 4,400 times a day since Friday, when a public-health rule known as Title 42 ended.

southern border has help lead to a steep decline in migrants crossing illegally from Mexico since pandemic-related asylum limits expired last week, U.S. (AP) - A 98% drop in Venezuelans arriving at the U.S.

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