Encounters at the U.S. border drop 9% in May, before asylum restrictions kicked in
![Migrants and asylum seekers wait to be processed by the Border Patrol between fences at the US-Mexico border seen from Tijuana, Baja California state, Mexico, on June 5, 2024.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/4335x3251+271+0/resize/4335x3251!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F55%2F37%2Fb02132a74e3b949a2877e228b985%2Fgettyimages-2155589881.jpg)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection reports declining number of migrants attempting to cross the border since an all-time high in December
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