https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2024/04/30/united-states-mexico-border-surge-biden/
SAN DIEGO — Illegal crossings along the U.S.-Mexico border are down more than 40 percent since December and have remained relatively stable through the first four months of 2024, bringing a modest reprieve for President Biden on an issue regarded as a liability to his reelection campaign.
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Crossings often increase sharply during early spring, but that did not happen for the first time since Biden took office.
In April, U.S. border agents have encountered about 130,000 migrants who entered illegally from Mexico, a level that is high by historical standards but lower than February and March, according to the latest U.S. enforcement data obtained by The Washington Post.