The impact of the 2,500 figure means that the executive order could go into immediate effect, because daily figures are higher than that now. Five people familiar with the discussions on Monday confirmed the 2,500 figure, while two of the people confirmed the 1,500 number. All the people insisted on anonymity to discuss an executive order that is not yet public. The last time the daily average dipped to 1,500 encounters was in July 2020, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. But several questions remain about how the executive order would work, particularly how much cooperation the U.S. would need from Mexican officials to carry out the executive order.
