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Border crossings to Texas on the decline
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Sep 5, 2014
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Border crossings to Texas on the decline
After a surge of migrants crossing the border into Texas, the traffic has declined considerably.
MISSION, TX - JULY 24: A mother and child, 3, from El Salvador await transport to a processing center for undocumented immigrants after they crossed the Rio Grande into the United States on July 24, 2014 in Mission, Texas. Tens of thousands of immigrant families and unaccompanied minors have crossed illegally into the United States this year and presented themselves to federal agents, causing a humanitarian crisis on the U.S.-Mexico border. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
A mother and child, 3, from El Salvador await transport to a processing center for undocumented immigrants after they crossed the Rio Grande into the United States on July 24, 2014 in Mission, Texas.
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After a surge of migrants crossing the border into Texas, the traffic has declined considerably.

After a surge of migrants crossing the border into Texas, the traffic has declined considerably.

Mónica Ortiz Uribe, for the Fronteras Desk, explains what may be behind the decline.