Migrant numbers at southern border exceeded 200,000 in April, prior to Title 42’s expiration
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Customs and Border Protection (CBP) encountered over 211,000 migrant encounters in April, the month before the controversial Title 42 public health order ended.
Over two-thirds, 67%, of those encountered were single adults, while 74,027 were expelled under the Title 42 public health order -- which allowed for the rapid expulsion of migrants due to the COVID-19 pandemic and ended last week. Adam Shaw is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital, primarily covering immigration and border security.
The end of that order on May 11 brought with it concerns that there would have a fresh surge of migrants on top of the already enormous numbers authorities have been seeing. That appeared to be happening when in the days preceding the end of the order say over 10,000 encounters a day -- but encounters have dropped since then to approximately 4,400 a day. He can be reached at adam.shaw2@fox.com or on Twitter.