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Border crossings drop significantly after end of Title 42, US officials say

U.S. Border Patrol agents make contact with migrants seeking to cross into the U.S. from Tijuana, Mexico, on Thursday, May 11, 2023.

Biden administration officials said Monday that the number of migrants crossing the southern border had dropped dramatically over the weekend, following a significant increase early last week in the lead-up to the expiration of Title 42.

Some speculated that the end Thursday of Title 42, a policy used amid the COVID-19 pandemic to turn back migrants at the border without giving them access to asylum protections, would bring about an influx of crossings. But the Biden administration has long

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