Encounters drop 55% at southwest border in wake of Biden asylum order

Published 2024-07-25
President Biden's executive order banning most undocumented immigrants from asylum has cut encounters at the southwest border in half. In the seven weeks since the order was enacted, border encounters are down 55%, according to a new Department of Homeland Security report. CBS News immigration and politics reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez has the details.

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All Comments (21)
  • @whansandceros
    It's over nobody trusts y'all anymore. Everyone out here are waiting for the system to collapse because it's obvious at this point.
  • @zo9fg
    They could have done it earlier but didn't! Shows it's only for election and back to the same after election
  • If true, which I doubt, what this really means is that border encounters could have been reduced by 55% via a Biden asylum disorder 3 and 1/2 years ago, and that prior inaction from January 21, 2020 until today was by administrative choice, AKA: administrative failure. It could also mean that the reason border encounters are down is because illegals crossings are simply not being being detected, caught, or stopped at the borders, and therefore there would be no encounter with anyone. Either way, when talking about caravans, and hundreds of thousands a month, none of these numbers are good. MORE THAN JUST SAYING...
  • @HowlingWo1f
    Something that should’ve been done four years ago BUT of course it always happens during election season
  • @ladedalounge
    lol tooooooooo lateeee Chicago here who are these new comers...I don't believe you ......who is paying you to say lies?
  • I don't know why the left reversed Trump's policies in the first place. They (and the country) wouldn't be in this mess
  • @kidicarus2768
    Classic, cause the problem make it seem like you fixed the problem.
  • The lies just keep coming. If you tell a lie long enough and often enough (stupid) people will believe it.
  • @munseym
    So he could have done this 3.5 years ago, but chose not to?
  • @kristypiits8982
    Now they are flying them in by plane fulls. They use apt. No accountability.
  • @raicohs
    Because everyone's already here!!!! Numbers dropped Really!!! 🤮
  • @whizbang7130
    Haven't you heard about the thousands in a caravan headed to the Southern border?