Biden Administration Claims Border Encounters with Migrants are Down 40% | EWTN News Nightly

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The Biden Administration announced today that border encounters with migrants are down 40%, three weeks after President Biden's order to halt the asylum processing. But Republicans say the numbers don't add up and view today's trip by DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas as an election year gimmick. This is the Secretary's first visit to the border since his failed impeachment vote in the Senate. At a news conference in the Tucson, Arizona sector near the border, the Secretary first scolded Congress for not passing the border agreement, which would have added border agents. He then touted a decrease in illegal migrant numbers after President Biden's executive action and claims arrests have fallen more than 40% since the president changed the asylum process. Mayorkas says, "The president's actions are working because of their tough response to illegal crossings and because they are built on our sustained effort to exercise our full authorities to enforce the law and impose consequences for illegal entry." Capitol Hill Correspondent, Erik Rosales reports. ------------ EWTN News Nightly provides the latest news and analysis from a Catholic perspective. Join host Tracy Sabol, our Capitol Hill, White House and Rome Correspondents, as well as many other diverse guests daily, to get the latest from the U.S. and the Vatican on topics regarding our Catholic faith and interests. ------------- EWTN News Nightly airs on EWTN weekdays at 6pm & 9pm ET. ------------ Don't miss an episode of EWTN New Nightly. Get updates here: https://www.ewtn.com/tv/shows/ewtn-news-nightly ------------- Sign up today to receive the EWTN News Nightly newsletter: https://www.ewtn.com/enn ------------- Follow EWTN News Nightly on Social Media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ewtnnewsnightly Twitter: https://twitter.com/EWTNNewsNightly Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ewtnnewsnightly/ ------------- Subscribe to EWTN YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/user/EWTN ------------- You can support the EWTN News mission: https://bit.ly/3qDR1qf