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Immigration authorities say the number of migrant encounters climbed to more than 200,000

in April.

MPR's Joel Rose reports that was before the end of the pandemic border restrictions

known as Title 42.

Border officials recorded roughly 211,000 migrant encounters in April.

That was about 10 percent higher than the number from March, though still well below

the busiest months of 2022.

The number of migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border climbed sharply in early May to a record

setting pace of more than 10,000 per day.

And there were fears that the numbers could go even higher when the pandemic restrictions

known as Title 42 expired.

But that hasn't happened so far.

Instead, the number of migrants crossing the border is down more than 50 percent from

the days before Title 42 ended.

Joel Rose, NPR News, Washington.

Resolution calling for reparations for black Americans has been introduced in the House.

But as NPR's Alana Wise reports it faces a tough journey in Congress.

The reparations bill is sponsored by Representative Cory Bush, a Missouri Democrat.

The resolution calls for $14 trillion to go to black Americans.

It's just the latest and a long line of efforts to have the federal government atone for

the enslavement of black Americans and centuries of racist policies.

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