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A record number of migrants forced the Biden administration to close four ports of entry at the southern border. This week, the ports will be reopened, top administration officials said Tuesday.
Eagle Pass, Texas; San Ysidro, California; Lukeville, Arizona; and Nogales, Arizona are the four ports of entry that will be open again to the public on Thursday.
They were closed for most of December because U.S. Customs and Border Protection had to move resources to deal with the large number of people trying to get into the U.S. Since last month, when more than 300,000 migrants crossed the southern border, Customs and Border Protection agents had to deal with a high number of people.
On Monday, CBP saw fewer than 500 people in the area of Texas that includes Eagle Pass and is called Del Rio. According to a high-level government source, the number is a “significant improvement over where we have been in recent weeks.”
“While it is important to note, as well, that this is the time of year when we normally expect to see encounters decrease over the holiday period, it’s also important to note that the closing of ports of entry is something we do as a last resort,” a high-ranking official said. “It’s something that we do not take lightly.”
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The drop was partly blamed on Mexico’s stricter enforcement, but no details were given.
“We are encouraged that we have seen some increased enforcement in Mexico and a decrease in our encounters in recent days,” the official stated.
Around a thousand migrants were seen riding on top of business trains in Mexico. The Biden administration has talked to Mexican train companies and the Mexican government about this.
A top administration official said, “We expect the encounter numbers at the border to continue to change.”
Reports of a migrant caravan going to the U.S. border were also taken into account by administration officials. One said that the caravan has “not moved in several days” from a city in southern Mexico, according to recent reports.
“We’re encouraged to see that it isn’t moving and seems to be reducing significantly in size,” said the official.
On Capitol Hill, administration officials didn’t say anything new about the Senate border funding talks. However, one official did say that talks went on over the holiday break and that they were “encouraged by the progress being made.”
Three top Senate officials got together on Tuesday to talk about the border again in person, which was the first time since the holidays. For almost two hours, Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.), and James Lankford (R-Oklahoma) talked with Alejandro Mayorkas, who is now the secretary of homeland security.
On the news that the crossings in Arizona had reopened, Sinema and Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., said they were “relieved.”
“Following our calls, we’re relieved that the Lukeville Port of Entry and Morley Gate are reopening — but in Arizona, we continue to experience the devastating effects of this unacceptable closure and our broken border system,” the senators stated.
The $106 billion funding package that President Joe Biden wants to pass would help Ukraine and Israel and pay for operations at the U.S. border. However, it is stuck in Congress because Republicans say they won’t accept it until stricter immigration and border policies are put in place.
As Biden got off Marine One on the White House yard Tuesday night, he talked about the problems at the southern border.
When a reporter asked him a question, he replied, “We need to do something.” “They need to pay me to keep the border safe.”
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