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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.

Mexico halts visa-free travel for Peru: expect more Peruvians in the Darién Gap. Panama seeks to defend its management of Darién migration. Border fentanyl seizures are down 27 percent from 2023.

Secretary Mayorkas says deportations to China may increase, and criticizes Texas’s use of concertina wire. As Congress returns, don’t expect any high-profile Senate action on Mayorkas’s impeachement.

Court rules that Border Patrol must care for children awaiting processing in outdoor California camps. Alarming reports about attacks on migrants in Tamaulipas, Mexico and the Darién Gap.

The 5th Circuit hears arguments on Texas’s SB4 law. Details emerge about a Guatemalan woman’s fatal fall from the border wall. Mexican guardsmen abusing migrants along the border with California.

Mexico deploys immigration agents to Ciudad Juárez. Donald Trump amplifies anti-migrant invective. Human Rights Watch publishes a big new Darién Gap report.

Leaked data indicate that migration declined 2% at the border from February to March. Must-read essays published about humanitarian migration, “invasion” claims, and migration from specific countries.

Migration is dropping in Tucson and steady in the Darién Gap. A federal court hearing looked at San Diego’s open-air detention sites. Eight Chinese migrants died off the coast of Oaxaca.