Border Update

Darién Gap migration during the first quarter was greater than during Q1 of 2023. Guatemala expelled nearly 8,000 migrants so far this year.

Ukraine aid passed without border or migration measures attached. A separate hardline bill failed in the House. Numbers confirm San Diego is now the number-one migration destination.Ukraine aid passed without border or migration measures attached. A separate hardline bill failed in the House. Numbers confirm San Diego is now the number-one migration destination.

DHS deports a planeload of people to violence-torn Haiti. MSF reports an increase in sexual violence against migrants in Mexico. DHS claims that CBP One wait times are 10 weeks.

San Diego may now be the number-one migration destination. The Senate refuses to impeach Mayorkas. The House floats a hard-line border bill. Mass migrant kidnapping in Ciudad Juárez.

Mayorkas’s impeachment gets delivered to the Senate, where a trial is unlikely. Panama’s leading presidential candidate thinks he can “close” the Darién Gap.

An Indiana National Guardsman fired his weapon at a migrant allegedly wielding a knife in El Paso. 1 in 5 Darién Gap migrants surveyed have non-US destinations. HSI wants a separate identity from ICE.

Border Patrol’s migrant apprehensions dropped a bit, unusually, in March, and appear to be dropping further in April. A crackdown in Mexico seems to be a key cause.

Officials report fewer migrants in the Darién Gap and in Tijuana. 40 percent of Venezuelan poll respondents say they would migrate if Nicolás Maduro is reelected.

Mayorkas testified twice; executive action to limit asylum remains on the table; migration is still dropping at the border, and San Diego may become the number one migrant destination.

Biden is still considering executive action to curb asylum. DHS Secretary Mayorkas testifies twice in Congress today, while his impeachment gets delayed another week. 34 migrants have died on U.S. soil in El Paso and New Mexico in FY 2024, and summer hasn’t started yet.