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Homeland Security reported roughly 241,000 encounters with unauthorized migrants in May, continuing this years trend of somewhat lower illegal immigration.

Nearly half of those encounters came at land crossings, airports and seaports, signaling the shift in illegal immigration as migrants move away from sneaking in across the southern border and instead take advantage of President Bidens so-called legal pathways for otherwise unauthorized migrants to get into the country.

After recording the worst month on record in December, the border has been less chaotic in 2024.

Agents at the southern border reported less than 118,000 arrests, down from nearly 250,000 in December.

But officers at the southern ports of entry set a new record with nearly 53,000 unauthorized migrants encountered.

The reasons for the improvement are heatedly debated.

Some analysts credit Mexico, which stepped up its enforcement of its own borders in late December.

Troy Miller, acting commissioner at Customs and Border Protection, took credit at his agency.

Our enforcement efforts are continuing to reduce southwest border encounters, he said. But the fact remains that our immigration system is not resourced for what we are seeing.

The 118,000 southern border arrests works out to nearly 4,000 a day still well above the 1,000 a day that was considered crisis level in the Obama administration.

And even as many numbers move in the right direction, May posted a reversal in the number of terrorism suspects detected. Agents at the southern border encountered 10 people whose identities matched the terrorism watchlist, up from five in April and six in March.

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Illegal immigration holds steady in May - Washington Times