Number of Migrant Crossings , Drops After Lifting of Title 42.<br />On May 14, the Biden administration said that <br />migrant crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border <br />have fallen since Title 42 expired.<br />On May 14, the Biden administration said that <br />migrant crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border <br />have fallen since Title 42 expired.<br />The numbers we have experienced in <br />the past two days are markedly down over <br />what they were prior to the end of Title 42, Alejandro Mayorkas, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary, via Reuters.<br />According to U.S. Homeland Security Secretary <br />Alejandro Mayorkas, border patrol agents have <br />reported a 50% drop in crossings since May 11. .<br />Mayorkas said that criminal penalties for migrants <br />entering the country illegally accounted for <br />the decrease in illegal border crossings.<br />There is a lawful, safe and orderly way <br />to arrive in United States. That is through <br />the pathways that President Biden has <br />expanded in an unprecedented way, <br />and then there's a consequence if one <br />does not use those lawful pathways, Alejandro Mayorkas, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary, via Reuters.<br />Reuters reports that officials in communities near the <br />border say that the expected surge of migrants many fear <br />will strain border facilities and towns is still on the way. .<br />The amount of migrants <br />we were expecting initially <br />- the big flow - is not here yet, Victor Trevino, Mayor of Laredo, Texas, via Reuters.<br />Others pointed out that while the surge experienced at <br />the border has yet to reach the magnitude of what <br />was expected, numbers still remain historically high.<br />What the secretary failed to say is, <br />this week has seen more crossings <br />than any time, any week, in our history, Representative Mark Green, Republican chairman of <br />the House Homeland Security Committee, via CNN
