This Wednesday, the United States authorities assured the media that the number of intercepted Venezuelan migrants, between the southern border and Mexico, has fallen by 98% in the first days of the end of Title 42 and the arrival of Title 8 as immigration regulations in the region. Venezuelans are the first nationality with the largest presence of people in the Darien Jungle and part of the migration crisis.
The Undersecretary of Border Policy and Immigration of the Department of Homeland Security (DSN), Blas Núñez-Neto, affirmed that the arrests of Venezuelans on the border with Mexico have been reduced to just under 50 a day since the end of Title 42. DSN said earlier this week that it has deported thousands of people from various countries, including Venezuelans, Colombians and Mexicans.
In recent days, the United States has registered a decrease in the number of crossings of migrants of all nationalities of more than 56% since the end of last week, which represents an average of 4,400 interceptions each day.
Immigration detention centers on the southern border of the United States reported a decrease in the number of people in their shelters, but they are still over capacity. The authorities of the United States, Texas, Florida and Mexico, projected the number of migrants, prior to the end of Title 42, as much higher.
However, the DSN highlighted that irregular border crossings have been reduced by nearly 50% in the last three days, from 10,000 daily to 5,000. Nuñez-Neto recalled that all Venezuelans, Cubans, Nicaraguans and Haitians who cross without permission are returned to Mexico.
With information from EFE
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