Authorities say it's unclear why fewer migrants making unauthorized border crossings
Significantly higher numbers had been expected with the end of Title 42. Biden administration officials said Monday that the numbers of migrants making unauthorized border crossings over the weekend continued to be significantly lower than expected but they were not ready to declare their plan a success just yet. "I think it's -- it's still too early to draw firm conclusions," Assistant Secretary for B order and Immigration Policy Blas Nuñez-Neto said in response to questions about the decline seen since last Thursday when the pandemic-era policy that allowed migrant s to be quickly expelled ended. "We are closely watching what's happening. We are confident that, you know, the plan that we have developed across the U.S. government to address these flows will work over time," he told reporters on Monday. U.S. Border Patrol agents made 14,752 migrant apprehensions in the past 72 hours, Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz said in a tweet Monday. Unauthorized ...