The 40 percent decline in migrant encounters, to 156,274 in January from 251,978 in December, owes to the Biden administration’s January 5 expansion, from five to eight, of the number of countries whose citizens can be expelled immediately to Mexico under the “Title 42” pandemic authority. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) published data on February 10 revealing a sharp drop in the number of migrants whom the agency encountered at the U.S.-Mexico border in January. Migration to the U.S.-Mexico border declined 40 percent from December to January Border Patrol, meanwhile, has asked Texas’s legislature for more power to enforce Texas state laws. Texas is considering a $4.6 billion, two-year outlay for its “Operation Lone Star” border crackdown, including the continued deployment of over 4,500 National Guard troops.The need to obtain a passport and a sponsor has overwhelmed nations’ passport authorities and opened opportunities for fraud. The Biden administration’s new “humanitarian parole” program admitted over 11,000 citizens of Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela in January.U.S., Colombian, and Panamanian officials visited the region and pledged more security-force presence. A report from UN-affiliated experts documented serious allegations of abuse committed against migrants in Panama’s Darién region encampments. Migration through Panama’s Darién Gap increased in January for the third straight month, while at least 39 migrants aboard a bus taking them away from the Darién region perished in a gruesome accident.As January’s expansion of Title 42’s scope closed channels for asylum-seeking migration, the number of migrants encountered at the U.S.-Mexico border plummeted by 40 percent from December, according to newly released CBP data.With this series of weekly updates, WOLA seeks to cover the most important developments at the U.S.-Mexico border.
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