US border crossings reach their highest level in 15 years, according to media

April 2, 2021

The border crossings in March jumped to the highest level in 15 years, according to preliminary data from the Customs and Border Protection Office (CBP). In addition, a number was reported children record unaccompanied that they crossed the border in that month, they mention American media.

“The Washington Post” indicates that the 171,000 migrants detained along the border between United States and Mexico last month underscored the challenge facing the administration of Joe Biden.

NBC News indicates that the majority of adults were rejected under Title 42, a regulation of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which both the Trump administration and the Biden have been used to block migration during the Covid-19 pandemic.

The previous record was set in March 2001 when 172,849 migrants were detained by the Border Patrol.

NBC reports that the number of families who crossed the border in March was more than 52,000, still below the record of 84,526 set in May 2019 under the administration. Trump.

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While many families are sent back under Title 42, an increasing number, especially in the Rio Grande Valley, may remain in the US while they await a court decision on their immigration case due to Mexico’s limited ability to recover them. .

Regarding the number of unaccompanied minors, NBC News mentions that it is 18,500, according to preliminary data from CBP.

It indicates that the increase follows the Biden administration’s policy of expelling all migrants except minors who come alone. As a result, hundreds of children are being held at Border Patrol stations, well beyond the legal limit of 72 hours.

The data is still preliminary and may change slightly before its official publication.

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President Joe Biden has been reluctant to say that migrant smuggling at the border is unusual.

“The truth of the matter is: nothing has changed,” Biden said at a news conference last week. “It happens every year. There is a significant increase in the number of people arriving at the border in the winter months of January, February, and March. That happens every year. “

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