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Nearly 530,000 migrants between January 2023 and August 2024 legally flew to the United States under parole programs for four Latin American countries, [59] with the Biden administration arguing it helped reduce illegal Mexico-United States border crossings. The parole programs have been the subject of lawsuits by multiple Republican-led states.
Arrests for illegal crossings into the U.S. from Mexico fell to about 2,500 on Monday, down from more than 10,000 on several days in December, according to U.S. authorities.
Across the border from San Diego in Tijuana, Mexico, about 3,400 people are waiting in migrant shelters, according to Jose Luis Perez Canchola, the city’s migration affairs director.
A Proclamation on Securing the Border is a presidential directive signed by U.S. president Joe Biden. Signed on June 4, 2024, the executive order allows the president to restrict the Mexico–United States border. [1] The proclamation implements a limit on illegal immigration, effective June 5.
Map of the Mexico–United States border wall in 2017 Border fence near El Paso, Texas Border fence between San Diego's border patrol offices in California, U.S. (left) and Tijuana, Mexico (right) The border wall along the Mexico–United States border is intended to reduce illegal immigration to the United States from Mexico. [1]
Individual ports of entry have been closed when unauthorized immigration has become an issue but the government has rarely stopped legal travel at the Mexican border.
Kris Kobach of We Build the Wall claimed the area was allowing up to 100 illegal immigrants and $100,000 in illegal drugs to enter the US each night. [51] Jeff Allen, owner of the property upon which the wall was constructed, stated, "They are doing an incredible job. I have fought illegals on this property for six years.
Arrests for illegally crossing the U.S. border from Mexico soared 33% from June to July, according to U.S. government figures released Friday, reversing course after a plunge that followed the ...