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Border agents tallied 56,408 illegal crossings in July, a 32 percent decline from June and the fifth straight month that the figure has fallen, U.S. Customs and Border Protection data shows.
U.S. border officials attribute the change to executive actions Biden announced this spring that effectively shut off access to the U.S. asylum system for migrants who enter illegally. The Mexican government has also tightened enforcement this year at the Biden administration’s behest, arresting record numbers of migrants attempting to transit the country en route to the U.S. border.