Mayorkas Claims Illegal Border Crossings Are Down 65 Percent Due to New Biden Policies
The number of illegal crossings at the U.S. Southern border is down more than 60 percent owing to the Biden administration’s sweeping new immigration regulations, according to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
Mr. Mayorkas made the comments in an interview at Aspen Security Forum in Colorado on July 20.
The Homeland Security Secretary said officials have seen an approximately 65 percent drop in the number of people encountered at the border since Title 42—the Trump-era policy that allowed Border Patrol agents to turn illegal aliens back to Mexico immediately if they were deemed to pose a health threat amid the COVID-19 pandemic—came to an end….