In his State of the Union address, President Biden touted a policy that he says preceded a 97 percent drop in illegal immigration from four countries.
The president’s visit to El Paso was his first trip to the southern border since his inauguration nearly two years ago.
Supporters of Title 42 enforcement are hoping the U.S. Supreme Court will strike down the lower court’s decision.
Commissioner Chris Magnus indicated that illegal immigration from Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Cuba accounts for many of the arrests in August.
A federal grand jury indicted the 41-year-old man in July 2020 on charges of conspiracy to manufacture and distribute cocaine.
The alleged gang violence in January resulted in two deaths and a nationwide lockdown of the federal prison system for a week.
Last week Mexican security forces thwarted thousands of Central American migrants traveling in a caravan in an attempt to illegally cross into the United States.
