Border migrant encounters have dropped by half since Title 42 ended, federal official says

A migrant family from Peru walks on the Mexico side of the Rio Grande after crossing the river late last week shortly after Title 42 ended and being turned away by the National Guard in El Paso. (Credit: Ivan Pierre Aguirre for The Texas Tribune)

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The number of encounters between U.S. agents and migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border has dropped by half compared with the days leading up to the expiration of Title 42, the emergency public health order used to quickly expel people from the country, a top Biden administration official said Monday.