In addition to forcing Migrants from Trains, Mexico also resumed Flying and Busing them to the Southern part of the Country, and started flying some Home to Venezuela.
Even if Temporary, the Decrease in Illegal Crossings, is welcome News for the White House.
President Biden’s Administration, is locked in Talks with Senate Negotiators over Restricting Asylum, and $110 billion in Aid for Ukraine, and Israel hangs in the Balance.
Mexico’s Immigration Agency sent at least 22 Flights from its Border Region with the U.S., to Southern Cities during the last 10 days of December, according to Witness at the Border, an Advocacy Group that Tracks Flight data. Most were from Piedras Negras, which is across the Border from Eagle Pass, Texas.
Mexico also ran Two Removal Flights to Venezuela with 329 Migrants.
The change was punctuated by Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s Visit to Mexico City on Dec. 28th, 2023, to confront Unprecedented Crossings to the U.S.
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said a Financial Shortfall that had led the Immigration Agency to Suspend Deportations and other Operations was Resolved.
Arrests for Illegal Crossings into the U.S. from Mexico fell to about 2,500, down from more than 10,000 on several days in December, 2023, according to U.S. Authorities.
In the Border Patrol’s Busiest area, Arrests totaled 13,800, during the Seven-day period ending Friday, thats down 29% from 19,400 Two weeks earlier, according to Tucson, Arizona, Sector Chief John Modlin.
The Drop led U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to Reopen the Port of Entry in Lukeville, Arizona, on Thursday, after a Monthlong Closure, on the most Direct Route from Phoenix to its Nearest Beaches. The U.S. also Restored Operations at Eagle Pass and Three other Locations.
Merchants in Eagle Pass, a City of about 30,000 People, saw Sales take “a major hit” while a Bridge was Closed to Vehicle Traffic, so Border Agents could be Reassigned to help Process Migrants, Maverick County Judge Ramsey English Cantu said. “We survive pretty much from everything that comes from the Mexican side,” He said.
Last month, CBP resumed Freight Ccrossings in Eagle Pass and El Paso, Texas, after a Five-day Shutdown, that U.S. Officials said was a Response to as many as 1,000 Migrants riding atop a Single Train through Mexico, before trying to Walk across the Border.
In Piedras Negras on Thursday, Casa del Migrante housed about 200 Migrants, down from as high as 1,500 recently.
Proposals being discussed by the White House and Senate Negotiators include: a New Expulsion Authority that would Deny Rights to Seek Asylum, if Illegal Border Crossings reach a certain Threshold.
Any such Authority would almost certainly depend on Mexico’s Willingness, to take back Non-Mexicans who enter the U.S. Illegally, something it does now on a Limited scale.
Mexico’s Support was Critical to Defunct Trump-era Policies that forced 70,000 Asylum-Seekers to wait in Mexico, for Hearings in U.S. Immigration Court, and to Deny Rights to seek Asylum during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Andrew Selee, President of the Migration Policy Institute in Washington, D.C., cautioned against Overstating Mexico’s Role in the recent Drop in Traffic.
Panama reported that less than 25,000 Migrants walked through the Darién Jungle in December, about Half of October’s Level, and a sign that fewer People are leaving South America for the U.S. Migration usually drops in December amid Holidays and Cold Weather.
“The U.S. is able to lean on Mexico for a short-term enforcement effect on migration at the border, but the long-term effects are not always clear,” Selee said.
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