The Joe Biden administration is reopening several border crossings that were previously closed due to a record influx of migrants.

A senior U.S. official said the move was in response to the number of illegal immigrants dropping in recent days and freeing up personnel to man the legal crossings.

“Dropping,” as per a Reuters report, means from a high of around 11,000 in a single day to an average of 6,400 over the past week.

Rather than keeping the crossings closed and further maintaining a presence in combatting illegal entries, perhaps lowering the numbers even further, the Biden administration has opted to pull them back.

One official laughably described the temporary dip as migrant crossings having “historically dropped between Christmas and New Year’s Day.”