LUKEVILLE, Ariz. (NEWSnet/AP) — A border crossing in Lukeville, Arizona, will reopen on Thursday, authorities said, one month after it closed in response to a large migrant influx.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection said it was reopening a pedestrian border crossing in San Diego on Thursday and resuming full operations at a bridge in Eagle Pass, Texas, and a crossing in Nogales, Arizona.

The moves reflect a drop in illegal crossings from December highs that topped 10,000 on several days, authorities said. 

The Lukeville closure on Dec. 4 brought heavy pressure on CBP from Arizona’s top elected officials. While remote, it is used to travel to Puerto Peñasco, a resort area on Mexico’s Sea of Cortez. Americans also visit the border community of Sonoyta to eat, shop and get dental and medical care.

Lukeville and other crossings closed because CBP said it needed to reassign officials to processing migrants.

Cargo rail crossings in the Texas border cities of Eagle Pass and El Paso closed for five days last month in what U.S. authorities said was a response to large numbers of migrants riding freight trains through Mexico to the U.S. border. 

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