Mexico border arrests are falling, preliminary figures show

[dukkha]

The number of migrant families crossing the border illegally has been falling in recent weeks, according to preliminary figures from U.S. Customs and Border Protection, though U.S. officials say it is too soon to get a full picture of the impact on migration trends from President Trump’s deal with Mexico.

U.S. authorities detained more than 85,000 “family unit” members at the border in May, an average of nearly 2,800 per day. That number has declined about 13 percent since the beginning of June, a period during which Trump threatened to impose tariffs on Mexico and the government of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador agreed to an immigration crackdown to avoid the penalty.

Overall, U.S. officials say they are expecting a 15 to 20 percent decline in border arrests from May, when authorities detained more than 144,000 and migration levels reached their highest point since 2006.
The portion of migrants arriving as part of a family group has reached unprecedented levels in recent months, overwhelming U.S. border authorities who say they are ill-equipped to care for so many parents with children.

Since the June 7 immigration deal with Trump, Mexico has begun to deploy thousands of national-guard forces to set up highway checkpoints and catch more Central American migrants as they head northward toward the U.S. border. The United States also has begun to send more asylum seekers back across the border into Mexico to await their U.S. immigration court hearings, an expansion of the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) program that prevents the migrants from staying in the United States while they go through the asylum process.

The Mexican immigration enforcement crackdown has been concentrated in southern Mexico, so U.S. officials say it could take several weeks for the full effect of the effort to show up as a reduction in crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border. As the United States turns more people away to Mexico during their asylum process, authorities hope it will act as a deterrent.

If the June arrest numbers continue to decline, it would be the first month this year that Customs and Border Protection has recorded a decrease in enforcement actions.

Mexico has assured the United States that its enforcement efforts will deliver the major reductions in migration levels Trump is demanding.


The United States, via the MPP program, has been sending about 250 asylum seekers back to https://www.washingtonpost.com/immig...29861e80Mexico per day, but U.S. officials plan to increase that to at least 1,000 per day in coming weeks.

[dukkha]

so Mexico is now doing more then the Dems to help on the border crisis

[anonymoose]

so Mexico is now doing more then the Dems to help on the border crisis

Well that doesn't take much. Not only are dims no help, they encourage the crisis. But yes, thank you Mexico.

[dukkha]

Well that doesn't take much. Not only are dims no help, they encourage the crisis. But yes, thank you Mexico.

it's a start. the migrants keep coming, but the flow is decreasing for the first time in 2 years.
It would not have happened if Trump did not threaten tariffs

[anonymoose]

it's a start. the migrants keep coming, but the flow is decreasing for the first time in 2 years.
It would not have happened if Trump did not threaten tariffs

And they know it's no idle threat which is why it worked, and quickly.
Even if you disagree with him we know Trump does not bull shit around.

[dukkha]

And they know it's no idle threat which is why it worked, and quickly.
Even if you disagree with him we know Trump does not bull shit around.

yep. Obrador is an open borders kind of guy (for "humanitarian reasons") but he knows Trump does not make idle threats

[katzgar]

so Mexico is now doing more then the Dems to help on the border crisis

They were falling under Obama so quit being a moron

[katzgar]

Well that doesn't take much. Not only are dims no help, they encourage the crisis. But yes, thank you Mexico.

I see you're into your drugs early today

[domer76]

Well that doesn't take much. Not only are dims no help, they encourage the crisis. But yes, thank you Mexico.

Encourage the crisis?

Trump CREATED the crisis with his massive “billboard” - you better come now before I shut down the border.

The number of illegal crossings has exploded under this incompetent asshole.

Now he says he’s going to deport “millions”. This cocksucker lies to you every day, but you’re just too gullibly stupid to realize it.

Fool.

[Gonzomin]

Don't arrest any and the crisis will be over.