The United States deported more than 12,500 migrants who arrived at the southern border last week, both through flights to their countries of origin and with returns to Mexico, according to data obtained by EFE.
“We continue to see positive results from the measures that this government has implemented and we continue to enforce our laws,” an official from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) told EFE in an email.
In the second week, after Title 42, a health regulation that allowed hot returns, was lifted on May 11, the United States saw a daily average of 3,100 arrests of people who had crossed the border irregularly, of according to DHS information.
Most of those arrested were Mexican (an average of 1,300 arrests per day), followed by Hondurans (610 arrests per day) and Guatemalans (370 arrests per day).
These figures show a reduction, at least for now, in the number of migrants crossing the southern border of the United States irregularly.
By comparison, during April, when Title 42 was still in force, an average of 4,579 arrests per day were recorded.
As part of an agreement with Mexico, which was announced after the immigration restriction was lifted, the United States can return people from Haiti, Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua to the neighboring country.
Title 42, imposed by the government of former President Donald Trump at the start of the pandemic in March 2020, was maintained by Joe Biden until May 11.
Under this regulation, the United States has carried out more than 2.5 million expulsions of migrants since it came into force, according to data from the International Rescue Committee.
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