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The US will reopen four border crossings with Mexico. Starting on Jan. 4, after Mexican authorities “intensified their efforts” to enforce immigration laws, a U.S. official said in
The US will reopen four border crossings with Mexico. Starting on Jan. 4, after Mexican authorities “intensified their efforts” to enforce immigration laws, a U.S. official said in a call with the press on Tuesday.
“Closing ports of entry is something we do as a last resort, we do not take it lightly,” the official explained, citing the economic impact these decisions have on border communities.
Points are located in cities Eagle Pass (TX), San Ysidro (CA), Lukeville (AZ) and Nogales (AZ)and has been closed due to the massive arrival of migrants in recent months, forcing the deployment of agents and resources to areas with the largest influx.
Opening entry points was one of the main demands of the Mexican government when President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met last Wednesday to agree on new immigration measures that would end the use of crosses.
“We find it encouraging that in recent days we have seen increased enforcement of (immigration laws) in Mexico and a decrease in our arrests (at the border),” the official said.
Another US official explained that a Mexican delegation led by Foreign Minister Alicia Bárcena will visit the US at the end of the month to meet with the same delegation that visited Mexico last week.
The record arrival of migrants at the US-Mexico border has put US President Joe Biden in a quandary, as he faces pressure from both members of his own party and the Republican opposition to act quickly.
In the first 28 days of December 2023 alone, Border Patrol apprehended 235,000 migrants attempting to illegally cross the border into Mexico, according to Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data accessed by the network. CBS.
These numbers mean that 8,400 migrants were detained each day trying to reach the United States.
The December figure is a record: never before have so many migrant arrivals been recorded since data collection began in 2000.
This increase adds to the more than two million people detained in FY 2022 and again in FY 2023. (EFE)
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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