Biden administration officials said on Monday that the number of migrants crossing the southern border fell dramatically over the weekend, following a significant rise early last week in the lead

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The Biden administration has long said it was prepared for the moment and planned for the change, despite attacks

of Republicans who have argued

that border policies were mismanaged.

Concerns about increased migration were reflected in recent lawsuits from border officials who said encounters could reach upwards

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of 14,000 a day after Title 42 was lifted. Instead, the numbers have dropped.

Blas Nuez-Neto, a head start

Department of Homeland Security

official in the Biden administration, said

there had been

a 50

%

decrease in the number of crossings over the weekend, compared to the more than 10,000 a day they had seen early last week.

He said they averaged less than 5,000 encounters per day over the weekend.

Still, he warned that it was too early to draw conclusions and that smugglers would continue to try to take advantage of the moment by spreading disinformation.

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Nuez-Neto added that Mexican and Guatemalan officials have stepped up enforcement in recent days and the US government has already deported thousands to their home countries. He reiterated that DHS would continue swift deportations and enforce a policy limiting asylum to those who cross the border without permission. Nuez-Neto warned that those deported would face five years in prison

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and can be prosecuted if they try to cross again.

It’s too early, but the numbers we’ve seen over the past two days are significantly lower than they were before the end of Title 42, DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said on CNN

on

Sunday, adding that there were 6,300 crossings on Friday and about 4,200 on Saturday.

On Monday, US Border Patrol chief Raul Ortiz said they had apprehended 14,752 migrants

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72 hours.

Meanwhile, the Biden administration faces two major lawsuits that could

have major consequences.

The American Civil Liberties Union sued DHS late Thursday over its new policy of restricting asylum at the border, calling it illegal and seeking a federal court order to block it.

The policy restricts asylum access for those who cross a third country and do not seek protection en route to the United States

United States

. The ACLU

said

it resembles a Trump administration policy that banned them from accessing asylum

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a policy that allowed border officials to release migrants without court notices. Migrants were told to report to immigration officials in the US

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.

Judge T. Kent Wetherell, who was appointed to the district court by former President Trump, issued the temporary restraining order on Thursday. the

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The government has requested an emergency stay from the judge and, if denied, said it would also seek an emergency stay from the US 11th Circuit Court of Appeals.

In depots last week, they warned that without the power to release people quickly

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there may be overcrowding at border facilities.

At the current pace of operations and without additional measures such as parole, USBP would have more than 45,000 individuals in custody by the end of the month. Furthermore, the [U.S. Department of Homeland Security] Chief Medical Officer has concluded that the current conditions pose an increased risk of adverse health outcomes, Justice Department lawyers read.

In a filing Monday, Florida officials argued

That

Wetherell should not delay his order and pointed to the recently advertised drop in crossings.

DHS claims this relief is needed “to address the skyrocketing number of encounters at the Southwestern border,” the filing said. Still, Secretary Mayorkas told ABC News yesterday that “over the past two days, the United States Border Patrol has reported about 50

% per cent

decrease in the number of people we encountered at our southern border.’

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immigrants

is told by officials

that they should seek appointments at ports of entry and seek asylum in the US

United States

.

The Biden administration has

also continued a program that allows migrants from Nicaragua, Cuba, Venezuela and Haiti to fly to the US if they have a financial sponsor and can pass certain background checks.