Biden’s asylum halt is falling hardest on Mexicans and other nationalities Mexico will take

Holding a Border Patrol-issued plastic bag containing her belongings, Mexican migrant Ana Ruiz, right, wipes her tears while talking to a family member at the San Juan Bosco migrant shelter in Nogales, Mexico, Tuesday, June 25, 2024, after she was deported back to her homeland from the U.S. The asylum halt, which took effect June 5 and has led a 40% decline in arrests for illegal crossings, applies to all nationalities but falls hardest on nationalities most susceptible to deportation _ specifically, Mexicans and those that Mexico agrees to take back. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Several migrants arrive at the San Juan Bosco migrant shelter to spend the night in Nogales, Mexico, Tuesday, June 25, 2024, after they were deported from the U.S. The Biden administration’s asylum halt that has led to a 40% drop in arrests for illegal border crossings this month applies to all nationalities but falls hardest on nationalities most susceptible to being deported _ most notably, Mexicans. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Female migrants who were recently deported from the U.S. sit in a chapel at the San Juan Bosco migrant shelter while waiting for dinner in Nogales, Mexico, Tuesday, June 25, 2024. Many migrants who fail interviews are deported to Nogales, a sprawling city in the Mexican state of Sonora, and end up at the shelter, where a giant fan in a former chapel offers relief from blistering summer heat. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Juaquin Hernandez watches his 7-year-old son, Jonathan, play with a smartphone in the men’s dorm at the San Juan Bosco migrant shelter in Nogales, Mexico, Tuesday, June 25, 2024. Many migrants who fail interviews are deported to Nogales, a sprawling city in the Mexican state of Sonora, and end up at the shelter, where a giant fan in a former chapel offers relief from blistering summer heat. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

A migrant goes through his possessions as bags belonging to other migrants deported back to their homeland are piled up along the wall in a chapel at the San Juan Bosco migrant shelter in Nogales, Mexico, Tuesday, June 25, 2024. Mexicans accounted for 38% of border arrests in May, down from 85% in 2011 but still the highest nationality by far. In the Border Patrol’s Tucson sector, the busiest corridor for illegal crossings for much of the last year, nearly three of every four arrests last month were of Mexicans, helping explain why the asylum ban has had more impact in Arizona. U.S. authorities say the 7-day average of daily arrests in the Tucson sector fell below 600 this week from just under 1,200 on June 2. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Yazmani Gomes, left, arm-wrestles with Eliseo Lopez while waiting for dinner at San Juan Bosco migrant shelter in Nogales, Mexico, Tuesday, June 25, 2024. Many migrants who fail interviews are deported to Nogales, a sprawling city in the Mexican state of Sonora, and end up at the shelter, where a giant fan in a former chapel offers relief from blistering summer heat. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Luis Reynosa, a 17-year-old Mexican migrant recently deported back to his homeland, sits outside the San Juan Bosco migrant shelter while waiting for dinner in Nogales, Mexico, Tuesday, June 25, 2024. The Biden administration’s asylum halt that has led to a 40% drop in arrests for illegal border crossings this month applies to all nationalities but falls hardest on nationalities most susceptible to being deported _ most notably, Mexicans. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

A migrant recently deported from the U.S. waits in line to shower at the San Juan Bosco migrant shelter in Nogales, Mexico, Tuesday, June 25, 2024. Many migrants who fail interviews are deported to Nogales, a sprawling city in the Mexican state of Sonora, and end up at the shelter, where a giant fan in a former chapel offers relief from blistering summer heat. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Mayra Mauricio, a Mexican migrant deported from the U.S., holds her smartphone to her ear to listen to a message left by a family member as she waits for dinner in a chapel at the San Juan Bosco migrant shelter in Nogales, Mexico, Tuesday, June 25, 2024. Many migrants who fail interviews are deported to Nogales, a sprawling city in the Mexican state of Sonora, and end up at the shelter, where a giant fan in a former chapel offers relief from blistering summer heat. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Female migrants, mostly Mexican nationals recently deported from the U.S., eat their dinner at the San Juan Bosco migrant shelter in Nogales, Mexico, Tuesday, June 25, 2024. Many migrants who fail interviews are deported to Nogales, a sprawling city in the Mexican state of Sonora, and end up at the shelter, where a giant fan in a former chapel offers relief from blistering summer heat. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

A father and a daughter who declined to give their names sit in a chapel while waiting for dinner at the San Juan Bosco migrant shelter in Nogales, Mexico, Tuesday, June 25, 2024. Many migrants who fail interviews are deported to Nogales, a sprawling city in the Mexican state of Sonora, and end up at the shelter, where a giant fan in a former chapel offers relief from blistering summer heat. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Migrants, mostly Mexican nationals recently deported from the U.S., eat their dinner at the San Juan Bosco migrant shelter in Nogales, Mexico, Tuesday, June 25, 2024. The Biden administration’s asylum halt that has led to a 40% drop in arrests for illegal border crossings this month applies to all nationalities but falls hardest on nationalities most susceptible to being deported – most notably, Mexicans. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Volunteer Edith Garcia prepares soup to serve migrants, mostly Mexican nationals deported from the U.S., at the San Juan Bosco migrant shelter in Nogales, Mexico, Tuesday, June 25, 2024. The Biden administration’s asylum halt that has led to a 40% drop in arrests for illegal border crossings this month applies to all nationalities but falls hardest on nationalities most susceptible to being deported _ most notably, Mexicans. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Migrants, mostly Mexican nationals deported back to their homeland from the U.S., eat their dinner at the San Juan Bosco migrant shelter in Nogales, Mexico, Tuesday, June 25, 2024. The Biden administration’s asylum halt that has led to a 40% drop in arrests for illegal border crossings this month applies to all nationalities but falls hardest on nationalities most susceptible to being deported _ most notably, Mexicans. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

HOLD FOR STORY BY ELLIOT SPAGAT Two migrants sleep in their bunk bed at the San Juan Bosco migrant shelter in Nogales, Mexico, Tuesday, June 25, 2024. Many migrants who fail interviews are deported to Nogales, a sprawling city in the Mexican state of Sonora, and end up at the shelter, where a giant fan in a former chapel offers relief from blistering summer heat. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Migrants, mostly Mexican nationals recently deported from the U.S., prepare to settle into their bunk beds for the night at the San Juan Bosco migrant shelter in Nogales, Mexico, Tuesday, June 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

HOLD FOR STORY BY ELLIOT SPAGAT Female migrants, mostly Mexican nationals recently deported from the U.S., prepare to settle into their bunk beds for the night at the San Juan Bosco migrant shelter in Nogales, Mexico, Tuesday, June 25, 2024. Many migrants who fail interviews are deported to Nogales, a sprawling city in the Mexican state of Sonora, and end up at the shelter, where a giant fan in a former chapel offers relief from blistering summer heat. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)