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Is Biden’s Southern Border Plan Working?

Encounters are down, but the cause for that is up for debate.
Migrant Crossings At U.S.-Mexico Border Drop After Title 42 Expired
Migrants board a bus for physical examination at the U.S.-Mexico border on June 6, 2023 in Yuma, Arizona. Fewer migrants arrived at the border after Title 42 expired. (Photo by Qian Weizhong/VCG via Getty Images)

When Title 42—a Trump-era public health regulation that allowed authorities to summarily dismiss asylum-seekers at the border—expired last month, some worried that the number of people attempting to enter the United States through the southern border would surge. 

A Department of Homeland Security (DHS) statement released earlier this month claims these concerns haven't materialized.

Oliver Rhodes is an intern for The Dispatch.

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