‘The increasing number of people on the move overwhelm southern and northern border’
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Migrants on bridge over the Motagua River between Guatemala and Honduras in October 2022. (Courtesy of Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei’s office)
By Jake Smith
Daily Caller News Foundation
- The number of migrants apprehended at the U.S. southern border dropped from over 170,000 to under 100,000 between May and June, while Mexico’s migrant apprehensions rose dramatically to a new monthly record.
- Mexico has made recent efforts to crack down on illegal migrants traveling through the country toward the U.S., while the Biden administration has released an increasing number of migrants into the country through expanded entry programs.
- “Mexico is absolutely blocking more migrants, [and] it’s also issuing fewer documents that they can use to transit the country,” Adam Isacson, Director for Defense Oversight for WOLA, told the Daily Caller News Foundation.
The Biden administration has touted a lower rate of migrant apprehensions at the U.S.-Mexico border during June, but migrant apprehensions at Mexico’s own southern border rose to a record high the same month, according to multiple reports.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) reported a lower number of migrant apprehensions at the southern border last month, down from over 170,000 in May to under 100,000 in June. Meanwhile, the rate of apprehensions at Mexico’s southern border rose sharply from approximately 40,000 to 58,000 during the same time period, breaking previous monthly records, according to the Washington Office On Latin America (WOLA).
“Since the CDC’s Title 42 public health Order lifted and the Biden-Harris Administration’s comprehensive plan to manage the border went into full effect on May 12, DHS has continued to experience a significant reduction in encounters at the Southwest Border,” the DHS wrote in a June 6 press release.