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Migrant encounters drop fourth straight month in San Diego, 77 percent fall since December throughout southern border

Scenes of migrants waiting to be apprehended by Border Patrol agents are rarely seen these days in the San Diego Sector. (Salvador Rivera/Border Report)

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SAN DIEGO (Border Report) — Recent statistics published by U.S. Customs and Border Protection reveal a significant trend: the number of migrant apprehensions in the San Diego Sector has decreased for a fourth straight month, and it’s on track to be five in a row for September.

The latest CBP figures show there were 14,436 encounters for the month of August.

In April, there were 37,371.

Through a social media account, the Chief Border Patrol Agent in the San Diego Sector has put out figures showing that for the month of September, there were slightly less than 13,000 migrant encounters in her area of responsibility.

According to the Pew Research Center, the number of apprehensions throughout the Southern Border is down 77 percent compared to December last year.

It attributes the lower figures to two factors:

Mexico is making it more difficult for migrants to reach the border, and President Biden’s executive order makes it harder to seek asylum in the U.S.

Pew researchers say numbers are now lower than when President Trump left office.

Official September figures from CBP are expected to be released next week.

Border Report

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