Homeland Security claimed success at the southern border Wednesday, saying the Border Patrol has seen a 40% drop in its arrests since President Biden announced tougher asylum rules earlier this month.
Migrants are taken into custody by officials at the Texas-Mexico border, Jan. 3, 2024, in Eagle Pass, Texas. Migrant children in makeshift camps along the U.S.-Mexico border who are waiting to be processed by Border Patrol are in the agency’s …
The success comes just months before the election, but also is likely to raise questions about why Mr. Biden waited so long. Republicans say Mr. Biden’s asylum change was too little and too late. They also said that his subsequent move to declare a deportation amnesty and a program to issue green cards to illegal immigrants married to U.S. citizens is both illegal and likely to spur a new wave of illegal immigration.
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