{"id":23595,"date":"2020-09-04T12:57:56","date_gmt":"2020-09-04T16:57:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/?p=23595"},"modified":"2020-09-04T12:57:58","modified_gmt":"2020-09-04T16:57:58","slug":"are-border-crossings-in-south-essential-immigrationreform-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2020\/09\/04\/are-border-crossings-in-south-essential-immigrationreform-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Traffic From Mexico Blows Through U.S. Travel Restrictions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
President Donald Trump\u2019s ban on \u201cnon-essential\u201d border travel<\/a> isn\u2019t slowing down traffic coming from Mexico. Since the March 20 order was extended to Sept. 21, volumes have increased and sharply in some areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n San Ysidro, the busiest port of entry in California, saw a 72 percent rise in northbound pedestrian crossings from April to July. The number of private vehicle passengers rose 62 percent, and the number of private vehicles increased 47 percent. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Pedestrians and private-vehicle passengers\ncoming through San Ysidro combined for a total of 1,693,338 crossings in July,\ncompared to 1,031,906 in April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n El Paso, the biggest border crossing in Texas,\nrecorded a whopping 220 percent increase in pedestrians from April to July.\nVehicle passenger counts were up 106 percent, with the number of vehicles\nclimbing 79 percent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Pedestrians and vehicle passengers at El Paso\ncombined for 963,457 crossings in July, compared to 419,046 in April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The tallies by the U.S. Department of Transportation<\/a> include individuals who enter the country multiple times per month. The crossings may or may not be \u201cessential\u201d; U.S. Customs and Border Protection has not reported how many people are turned back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But following a pattern FAIR<\/a> reported on last month, entries into this country are increasing substantially at the southern border, even as Americans remain under coronavirus restrictions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n