There are 2 million more illegals (non-citizens) in America since Biden took office.
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Apr 8, 2022 — There have been 2 million illegal border crossing attempts since President Biden was sworn in, yet his administration refuses to implement ...
Most of them were sent back.
[h=1]There are a lot of lies about Biden's 'border crisis.' Here's the truth.[/h]From claims that terrorists are invading via Mexico to lies about migrants bringing Covid-19.
The spin they’ve spewed is based on a dangerous mix of lies, half-truths and exaggerations that have
spread like wildfire through the rest of U.S. media. In the interest of correcting the record, permit me to rebut and debunk seven of the worst anti-immigration myths I’ve heard and seen in recent days.
In February, U.S. Customs and Border Protection “encountered 100,441 persons attempting entry along the Southwest border,” according to the
monthly statistics it released March 10 — but it also expelled 72,113 people.three academics from the University of California at San Diego looked at the data to see if there was evidence of a “surge” at the border. Here's what they found:
We analyzed monthly CBP data from 2012 to now and found no crisis or surge that can be attributed to Biden administration policies. Rather, the current increase in apprehensions fits a predictable pattern of seasonal changes in undocumented immigration combined with a backlog of demand because of 2020’s coronavirus border closure.
Republicans continue to promote the tired trope that the southern border is a gateway not only for gangs and cartels — but for jihadis, too. Following McCarthy’s racist demagoguery on a recent visit to the border,
Fox News reported a congressional source had confirmed “four foreign nationals, whose names match those on the terror watch list, have been stopped trying to enter the U.S. via the southern border since October."
Axios also reported it.
First, who was president for the first three of the five months since October? Was it Joe Biden? (It was not.) Second, the fact that migrants have names that “match those on the terror watch list” is meaningless. The watchlist contains
more than a million names — how many Muhammads or Mohameds? — and is
prone to error. Finally, how many Americans have actually been killed or injured by a terrorist who illegally crossed into the United States via the southern border?
Zero. Zilch. Nada.
GOP Rep. Dan Crenshaw “is incorrect” in claiming that Biden caused a spike in immigration by ditching Trump-era asylum cooperation agreements, @ReichlinMelnick tells @mehdirhasan, because “the agreements were not in place when Biden took office.”
[h=2]Biden is not spending millions on hotel rooms for migrants[/h]“Biden is spending $86,000,000 to purchase hotel rooms for 1,200 illegal alien families for six months. By that math, he’s spending around $395 a night per room.” —
The congresswoman from QAnon should maybe stick to guns over math. According to an official statement from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the agency “signed a short-term contract with the non-profit division of Endeavors to provide temporary shelter and processing services for families who have not been expelled. … The $86.9 million contract provides 1,239 beds and other necessary services.”
Got that? There is no mention of “hotel rooms,” only of beds. There is also an explicit reference to the contract covering “other necessary services.” So dividing $86 million by 1,200 serves no purpose whatsoever — other than xenophobic fear-mongering.
[h=2]Biden does not believe in "open borders"[/h]“President Biden believes in open borders.” — Sen. John Kennedy, R-La.
This is a straight-up lie. There is zero evidence for such a fantastical claim. Biden was vice president in an Obama administration that was (rightly) criticized from the left for deporting more migrants than any other administration in U.S. history.
As a candidate in 2019, Biden criticized his Democratic rivals during a televised debate for supporting the decriminalization of border crossings:
“If you say you can just cross the border, what do you say to all of those people around the world who want the same thing. ... The fact of the matter is ... if you cross the border illegally, you should be able to be sent back. It’s a crime.”
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/there-are-lot-lies-about-biden-s-border-crisis-here-n1262051