Border crossings fall 50%, easing fear of US migration surge
The number of migrants seeking to cross the southern U.S. border has been “markedly down” during the past two days, bucking expectations of a surge after pandemic-era border rules expired, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said.
The U.S. Border Patrol “has experienced a 50% drop in the number of encounters versus what we were experiencing earlier in the week,” before the…