Thread by @ReichlinMelnick

Border numbers came out. Some interesting trends tracked by Adam below, which I'll dive into as well once I've had a chance to review them carefully.

Big picture? Single adult apprehensions—rising for a year now—continue to increase. Meanwhile, families and kids dropped by 9.7%.

https://twitter.com/adam_wola/status/1392280001907675141

The number of families processed at the border under normal immigration law (and not expelled with no chance to seek asylum) continues to be much lower than 2019.

Last month 36% of all families arriving at the border were expelled back to Mexico.

One note on the expulsion of families. CBP has quietly made a major change to March's data on Title 42 expulsions—and families in particular.

CBP is now reporting over 4,000 additional expulsions of families, meaning 40% of families were expelled in March, not 33%.

The total number of expulsions carried out by CBP increased again last month. Last month, only 36.61% of people encountered at the border were not subject to an expulsion under Title 42, down almost imperceptibly from 36.71% in March (using the newly corrected numbers).

The number of unaccompanied children apprehended after crossing the border between ports of entry fell 9.6% from March to April, despite predictions that it would instead rise significantly. Daily data released by DHS shows that this downward trend is continuing into May as well.

One other interesting thing I'll flag tonight: we are actually seeing the Biden administration allow families to seek asylum at ports of entry.

The below is a chart showing members of a family being allowed to seek asylum at ports of entry. It is slooooowly going back up.