Migrant crossings at the US-Mexico border are down. What's behind the drop?

A recent decline in arrests for illegal crossings on the U.S. border with Mexico may prove only temporary. The drop in January reflects how the numbers ebb and flow, and the reason usually goes beyond any single factor. After a record-breaking number of encounters at the southern border in December, crossings dropped by half in…
A recent decline in arrests for illegal crossings on the U.S. border with Mexico may prove only temporary. The drop in January reflects how the numbers ebb and flow, and the reason usually goes beyond any single factor. After a record-breaking number of encounters at the southern border in December, crossings dropped by half in…

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