<p>Fox News reporter Bill Melugin said Sunday that Customs and Border Patrol agents did not expect a brief lull in the mass <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mayorkas-says-border-patrol-encounters-down-by-half-since-title-42-expired" target="_blank" rel="noopener">border crossings</a> to be a permanent development.</p>
<p>Melugin said that although there had been a precipitous drop in crossings in the days since <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/in-major-reversal-biden-resurrects-trump-border-policy-ahead-of-title-42-repeal" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Title 42</a> — a Trump-era policy that allowed deportations based on the ongoing public health crisis resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic — agents believe that once focus is diverted elsewhere, the numbers will begin to climb again.</p>
<p>&#8220;Illegal crossings in Texas have fallen off a cliff in the last 48 hours since T42 expiration. After a peak of 3,300 on 5/8 in the RGV earlier this week — under 500 in RGV last 24 hours. El Paso big drop too,&#8221; Melugin tweeted, attributing the sudden drop to the fact that they were seeing &#8220;more enforcement from MX, TX blocking entry, and migrants going to POEs.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">CBP contacts tell me they do not expect this lull to last. They expect numbers to crank back up again &#8211; but not to the record setting levels we saw this week of 10,000+ per day.</p>
<p>&mdash; Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) <a href="https://twitter.com/BillMelugin_/status/1657815452502880258?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 14, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
<p>&#8220;CBP contacts tell me they do not expect this lull to last. They expect numbers to crank back up again — but not to the record setting levels we saw this week of 10,000+ per day,&#8221; Melugin continued.</p>
<p>Despite the rapid and dramatic drop in numbers of illegal crossings since Title 42 was allowed to expire, Melugin also reported that an Afghan national who was on the FBI&#8217;s terror watch list was among those who did cross the border illegally on Wednesday.</p>
<p>&#8220;Per multiple CBP sources, Border Patrol agents in San Diego sector arrested an Afghan national on the FBI’s terror watchlist after he crossed illegally w/ group of migrants near Otay Mesa, CA on Wednesday. I’m told FBI confirmed the match, &amp; is leading investigation,&#8221; Melugin tweeted.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">I have reached out to CBP for comment, they tell me they will get back to me.<br />CA Congressman <a href="https://twitter.com/DarrellIssa?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DarrellIssa</a> represents the area, and tells me his office has confirmed the arrest with their CBP contact. He released the following statement in response. <a href="https://t.co/Gs5TIdfFk6">pic.twitter.com/Gs5TIdfFk6</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) <a href="https://twitter.com/BillMelugin_/status/1657796315554672644?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 14, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
<p>Melugin went on to share a statement from Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) who said, &#8220;Biden&#8217;s open borders aren&#8217;t just a gateway to five million illegals, record human and child trafficking, and the deadliest drug crisis in out history. Biden&#8217;s reckless policy is also an open invitation to even the most wanted terrorists in the world to come to America.&#8221;</p>

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