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The Border Numbers Stopped Lying — and Stopped the Bleeding

CBP's May report shows the first sustained encounter decline since 2020. The policy levers that did it are not the ones cable news told you about.

National ReviewBy Rich Lowry Thursday, June 4, 2026
The Border Numbers Stopped Lying — and Stopped the Bleeding
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Asylum metering, third-country agreements, and the quiet expansion of expedited removal authority did more than a hundred legislative speeches.

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