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Illegal border crossings plunge among Cubans, Nicaraguans

FILE - Cuban migrant Mario Perez holds his wife as they wait to be processed to seek asylum after crossing the border into the United States on Jan. 6, 2023, near Yuma, Ariz. U.S. authorities have seen a 97% decline in illegal border crossings by migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela since Mexico began accepting those expelled under a pandemic-era order, the Biden administration said Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File) FILE - Migrants wait to be processed after crossing the border on Jan. 6, 2023, near Yuma, Arizona. U.S. authorities have seen a 97% decline in illegal border crossings by migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela since Mexico began accepting those expelled under a pandemic-era order, the Biden administration said Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)
Illegal border crossings plunge among Cubans, Nicaraguans