WASHINGTON, Jan 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US Customs and Border Protection Agency (CBP) said it will reopen four border gates with Mexico on Jan 4, to relieve the pressure of manpower shortage and amid a wave of illegal migration. legality tends to decrease.
In its announcement, CBP stated that it will resume operations at an international bridge at Eagle Pass (Texas), two border gates in Arizona and one border gate near San Diego (California).
However, the agency also emphasized that it will continue to prioritize protecting border security “in case of necessity.”
In December 2023, US border officials had difficulty handling the number of detained migrants, at one point reaching a record level of nearly 11,000 people/day.
During the meeting between Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrado and the high-level US delegation last weekend, representatives of the two sides pledged to coordinate closely to resolve the record high migration situation at the two countries’ common border. water.
A senior US official said that in recent weeks, the Mexican side has increased the implementation of many measures to manage migrants, including relocating migrants to the southern region of Mexico or resuming flights. repatriated to Venezuela.
A US Government report estimates that the country’s border guard agency detained an average of 6,400 migrants per day last week, a sharp decrease compared to the time before Christmas.
The number of people crossing the border also dropped at a record level between Christmas and New Year’s Day.
Recently, the US Congress has intensified negotiations to tighten national border policy, in which the Senate is discussing changes to asylum and border control regulations.
The Republican Party sees this issue as a condition for passing the Democrats’ proposed $110.5 billion foreign aid package, which includes support for Ukraine. — NNN-AGENCIES
