CBP: Perceptions of U.S. immigration policy changes driving border surge Jana Winter
A surge in large groups of people crossing the border illegally particularly those that include families and unaccompanied minors is being driven in part by the belief that the Biden administration’s policies will allow migrants to stay in the U.S., according to an intelligence alert issued by U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
The alert, dated April 16, appears at odds with the White House’s messaging on the border crisis, which maintains that the increasing number of migrants is being largely driven by corruption, economic chaos and violence in the Northern Triangle countries Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras rather than by more lenient policies. The Biden administration has promised to focus on what Vice President Kamala Harris has called “the root causes of migration,” including economic hardship.