Fewer migrants are crossing America’s southern border
Joe Biden has Mexico to thank—for now
A few statistics regularly released by government agencies set the hearts of America’s political establishment aflutter. Monthly inflation figures are eagerly awaited by Democrats who want to demonstrate that Bidenomics is helping the middle class, and by Republicans howling that it is a failed socialist experiment. Jobs figures have much the same effect. Lately, another measure has joined that list: monthly “encounters” of migrants at America’s southern border.
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This article appeared in the United States section of the print edition under the headline “A migration merry-go-round”
United States May 25th 2024
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