Mexico's February migration numbers reveal a significant presence of Venezuelan citizens stranded in Mexico. The U.S. encounters with Venezuelan migrants remain low in March, indicating a large number are stuck inside Mexico. Texas Governor Greg Abbott praises Operation Lone Star for reducing illegal migrant crossings into Texas, while California and Arizona witness an increase in border encounters. Data suggests a shift in migration routes towards the West, with Texas experiencing a drop and other states like Arizona and California seeing a rise in border crossings.
BREAKING: Texas has seen a huge decrease in the number of Border Patrol encounters with illegal aliens thanks to Operation Lone Star, while California and Arizona’s encounters have spiked. https://t.co/hvFcFvMpUS
Gov. Abbott celebrates success of Operation Lone Star, citing significant declines in illegal alien encounters https://t.co/UVn1aGVT63 https://t.co/rNzbFOSzXs
Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott took to social media to share U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) statistics that indicate his Operation Lone Star "is working" to help decrease the number of illegal migrant crossings into Texas. More: https://t.co/uahbK52aMP https://t.co/tpyvMioNJD
.@CBSNews: There’s been a dramatic shift in routes of migrants trying to cross the U.S.-Mexico border, with a big drop in Texas and an increase in states farther West like Arizona and California. https://t.co/UmtKQupoXI
Daily #Border Links: March 27, 2024 CBP data for first 21 days of March point to a very rare springtime reduction in #migration at the border since February. Stepped-up interdiction in #Mexico may be the reason. For a version with working links, go to https://t.co/Hi3Y0n110Z https://t.co/rjfR6tT7ly
US encounters with #Venezuela migrants remain low in March (the green line in this Mexican Presidency graphic shown yesterday). That reinforces the point made in the below tweet from yesterday: a large number of Venezuelan citizens must be stranded in Mexico right now. https://t.co/L3prYhCmfC https://t.co/gPihABoSwY
From #Mexico's president's press conference yesterday: U.S. migrant encounters at the border (OFO + Border Patrol) averaged 6,307 per day during March 1-21, about the same as February—and there's no springtime increase: numbers are flat. From https://t.co/IJQLcXSUHL https://t.co/QrIMrt8vxJ
Operation Lone Star is working. Look at the graph in this story. Illegal crossings are going down in TX while at the same time they are skyrocketing in CA & AZ. It's b/c of the border wall, razor wire barriers, the National Guard & arrests by DPS. https://t.co/bT32SbfMce
Mexico just posted its February #migration numbers... there must be a huge number of people from #Venezuela bottled up in Mexico right now. https://t.co/5HHwpmuH96
Mexico just posted its February #migration numbers... there must be a huge number of people from #Venezuela stuck inside Mexico right now. https://t.co/WJQ9tN50JF