The number of unlawful border crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border has been dropping for months, to the point that, during September, they reached the lowest monthly figure of President Joe Biden's administration.
The drop is attributed for the most part to the administration's toughening of asylum restrictions which were implemented back in June and further enhanced in the last two months. Republicans have argued that the administration's border policies are an election strategy by Democrats and have pointed to other policies as explanation for the drop, including Texas' Operation Lone Star.
