US Migrant Restrictions Endangers More Lives

The United States Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz revealed the  approximate figures of the apprehended people  at the southern border after last week’s expiration of Title 42 which is Immigration restrictions linked to the coronavirus pandemic.

Ortiz tweeted on Monday and revealed  that in the past 72 hours, three agents had been assaulted, 14,752 people had been apprehended.

Ortiz also disclosed that agents had seized 4 lbs. of marijuana, one pound of cocaine, nearly $60,000, in addition to encountering five sex offenders and one wanted felon.

Immigration restrictions linked to the coronavirus pandemic  referred to as Title 42 expired at midnight Thursday and new U.S.

In the days since, the number of migrants encountered at the southern border has fallen 50% compared with the 10,000-plus encountered each day for the three days leading up to the end of Title 42.

Still U.S. officials are cautioning that it’s too early to draw firm conclusions. “We are closely watching what’s happening,” Blas Nunez-Neto, assistant secretary for border and immigration policy at the Department of Homeland Security, said. “We are confident that the plan that we have developed across the U.S. government to address these flows will work over time.”

Title 42 allowed U.S. officials to quickly expel migrants without letting them seek asylum, but it also carried no consequences for those who entered the country and were expelled.

In the leadup to the end of Title 42, the U.S. introduced tough enforcement measures to discourage people from arriving at the border, encouraging them instead to use one of the pathways the U.S. has created to facilitate migration.