A spokesman for Customs and Border Protection declined to provide numbers for the month. Mr. McAleenan also credited the decline in migration to the Migrant Protection Protocols, which have forced more than 11,000 asylum-seeking migrants to wait in Mexico while their cases are processed. It is expected to expand and require migrants to wait in Tamaulipas, Mexico, where the State Department has barred travel for most government employees because of safety concerns. Theresa Cardinal Brown, a former policy adviser at Customs and Border Protection, said it was too soon to determine whether the tough measures would have a longstanding effect because smugglers may have simply advised migrants to delay crossing the border. And migration has historically declined during the heat of June and July, according to immigration experts.

Source: International New York Times June 28, 2019 23:37 UTC