Even though apprehensions at southern border rose slightly to 58,000 during the month of August, they still remained at a four-year low. In fact, the figure is about 80% less compared to last December, when over 200,000 migrants were caught trying to enter the country. The decrease is largely credited to the Biden administration's asylum order, enacted in June, the most restrictive asylum policy by a Democratic president.
The numbers have prompted authorities to now consider changes to the policy, changes that would extend the duration and broaden the criteria required to lift the stringent asylum restrictions it imposed in June, as CBS News reports.
