Border crossings RETURN to levels from before Title 42 was dropped: 8,000 are apprehended in a DAY and 20,000 are in custody – just 18 weeks after Biden insisted there would be no more ‘chaos’
Border crossings RETURN to pre-Title 42 levels: 8,000 people apprehended in 1 DAY and 20,000 in custody – just 18 weeks after Biden insisted there would be no no more “chaos”
- US border agents apprehended 8,000 people on Monday
- This is comparable to levels from May during the lead-up to the end of Title 42.
Arrests at the US border reached 8,000 on Monday – partly peaking on the eve of the end of Title 42 – as a Mexican rail operator suspended northbound trains because many migrants were boarding freight wagons at the risk of their lives.
The increase in arrests comes after levels fell after the administration ended Title 42 after a lengthy court battle and implemented new procedures intended to reduce incentives and push more migrants into the process of online application.
After affecting 8,000 people in May and overwhelming U.S. border facilities, border apprehensions fell to about 3,500 in the months that followed. CNN reported.
The political changes have fundamentally altered economic and other incentives, with a new video released Monday showing migrants cheering as they hang from the side of rolling freight trains en route to the U.S. border.
Migrants wait on the U.S. side of the border after members of the U.S. National Guard dismantled their encampment near Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, September 19, 2023. There were 8,000 migrant apprehensions at the southern border on Monday.
Amazing footage of the FerroMex train was filmed as the locomotive with hundreds of people in tow could be seen leaving the central Mexican town of Zacatecas as it headed north on the 750-mile journey to the UNITED STATES.
On Tuesday, the company announced it was suspending flights in northern Mexico due to security concerns.
The company said it was stopping 60 freight trains, with enough material to fill 1,800 tractor-trailers.
This is a change significant enough to impact international trade, the company said. Rail is also a cleaner way than gas to transport large quantities of goods.
The company cited a handful of “unfortunate cases of injury or death” among those who boarded.
He said migrants were jumping aboard freight trains despite the “grave danger this poses,” the Associated Press reported.
He cited a “significant increase” and said stopping trains would “protect the physical safety of migrants” as authorities tackle the problem.
Ferromex, Mexico’s largest railway company, announced it was suspending the operation of its freight trains due to the massive number of migrants illegally hitchhiking on its northbound trains to the border.
The images show the FerroMex train departing from the central Mexican city of Zacatecas, heading north on a 750-mile journey to the United States.
A freight train filled to capacity with migrants has been filmed as it speeds towards the Mexican border with the United States.
The Biden administration has struggled to resolve the migration issue since 2021.
The video comes as recent data from U.S. Customs and Border Patrol reveals an increase in migrant encounters at the southern border between June and July of this year.
The number of Americans calling immigration a “good thing” abandoned in a Gallup poll this summer.
This comes ahead of a presidential campaign where immigration is expected to be a major issue, with Republican candidates hammering the Biden administration on the issue.
There were 184,000 migrant encounters with border agents in July, compared to 144,000 in June.
These numbers are actually down from 200,000 southern border crossings during the same period in 2021 and 2022.