Fewer Venezuelans caught at U.S.-Mexico border after Biden expulsions

Venezuelan migrants, some expelled from the U.S. to Mexico under Title 42 and others who have not crossed yet, stand near the Paso del Norte International border bridge, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico October 19, 2022. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Venezuelan migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border has plummeted as a new bilateral policy has pushed thousands back to Mexico in the past week, according to U.S. and Mexican officials and a local shelter.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Chris Magnus told Bloomberg News on Thursday that U.S. border agents had encountered just 155 Venezuelans on Wednesday, down from a daily average of 1,200 earlier this month.