More than 83,000 irregular migrants crossed the border the week before the end of Title 42

Raul Ortiz, head of the Border Patrol (BP), reported that in the days leading up to the end of Title 42, the arrival of irregular immigrants at the border increased to nearly 12,000 per day. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) forecasts warn that this number could exceed 13,000 every day, and even 16,000, according to the BP Union.

The four days leading up to the end of Title 42, the most intense at the border

According to CBP's weekly report, which Ortiz reflected in a tweet, between May 5 and May 11 (the day Title 42 ended), agents detained 67,759 people. In addition, another 15,780 are estimated to have gained access to the country by circumventing border controls and are unaccounted for. Ortiz also reported that 3 agents were assaulted during this period of time.

This represents an increase of more than 100% over the figures for March and April, when the flow had been reduced to around 5,000 encounters per day. According to Border Patrol union agents, the numbers increased sharply in the four days prior to the end of the mandate allowing immigrants to be returned immediately.

CBP sends migrants by bus back to Mexico

For its part, DHS continues to warn undocumented immigrants that they will be deported under Title 8, which regulates immigration legislation. Thus, Gloria Chavez, head of CBP in Rio Grande, uploaded a video to her Twitter account showing how a group of intercepted irregulars was sent back by bus to Mexico. The same acting commissioner of Customs and Border Protection, Troy Miller, used this publication as an example for those attempting to cross the border illegally.