Mayorkas Says Border Patrol Encounters Down By Half Since Title 42 Expired

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said on Sunday that U.S. Border Patrol encounters have dropped by half in the two days since Title 42 expired.

Around 6,300 encounters took place on Friday and 4,200 happened Saturday — a marked decrease from the over 10,000 reported before the end of Title 42, Mayorkas said during an interview on CNN.

Pressed on why the numbers have fallen, Mayorkas credited a “vitally important message” encouraging people arriving at the border to take legal pathways toward entry, which he said has been expanded by President Joe Biden in “an unprecedented way.”

Homeland Security Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas says it’s too early to tell if the surge of migrants at the border has peaked following Title 42’s expiration but the number of encounters with Border Patrol has dropped

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