Migrant numbers drop sharply in June as Biden admin's post-Title 42 strategy takes shape
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Numbers of migrants encountered at the southern border in June dropped sharply compared to previous months, coinciding with the implementation of post Title 42 border measures.
While the numbers are still high historically (June’s numbers are still higher than any month of the 2019 border crisis) they mark a sharp drop from the 206,702 seen in May and 211,999 in April — when many experts and commentators had expected a surge in migrant apprehensions when Title 42 ended on May 11. Adam Shaw is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital, primarily covering immigration and border security.
But the end of the public health order, which allowed for the rapid expulsion of migrants at the border, was accompanied by a carrot-and-stick approach by the Biden administration, which combined increased border measures with significantly expanded programs to parole migrants in by the tens of thousands. He can be reached at adam.shaw2@fox.com or on Twitter.