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During a White House press conference, Biden Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said, “The president has done more to secure the border and to deal with the issue of immigration than anybody else. He really has.”
Our fact-check rating: FALSE — Pants on Fire.
The US immigration system has been fundamentally broken under Joe Biden as the country experiences a historic and unprecedented crisis.
In 2022 alone, the US encountered the highest number ever recorded of illegal immigrants at the US southern border. This represents a 200% increase from former President Donald Trump’s last year in office in 2020.
BREAKING: @whitehouse @PressSec Karine Jean-Pierre claims @JoeBiden has done more than previous presidents to secure the U.S. border, says he was too busy to meet with the governor of New York who came to discuss NY migrants, says he has a lot on his plate. WATCH pic.twitter.com/eMvD6ObVJL
— Simon Ateba (@simonateba) August 31, 2023
Under Trump, Americans saw the lowest rate of illegal immigration in over 40 years.
Under Biden, we have seen the highest rate of illegal immigration over 60 years.
General Michael Flynn, who has personally witnessed the problem, describes the situation under Biden as a “mass invasion” that is “out of control.”
Biden notoriously ended Trump’s “remain in Mexico” policy, which forced foreign nationals seeking to enter the U.S. through the southern border — illegally or without proper documentation — to be returned to Mexico.
These individuals needed to wait in Mexico while their legal cases are adjudicated. This border security program under Trump and kept migrants in Mexico as they awaited their hearings.
Biden, on the other hand, opened the floodgates and created a disaster by removing this policy. This signaled that everyone can come through the border even if it’s illegally and without proper documentation.
Biden and the Democrats have falsely claimed President Trump was “racist” and “xenophobic” for his “remain in Mexico” policy.
Under Trump, an estimated 68,000 migrants were returned to Mexico under the policy, according to the Department of Homeland Security. These individuals will need to wait in Mexico while their legal cases are adjudicated.
Biden, on the other hand, allows migrant asylum seekers into the U.S. prior to court hearings, which many Republicans have opposed. The Democrat’s strategy of allowing migrants into the U.S. gives them the opportunity to disappear before their court hearings.
As a result, the White House confirmed that some illegal immigrants have received free cell phones so that they can be contacted and “checked on” in hopes that they don’t disappear within the U.S. before their court hearing.
Although Biden claims that has has “done more to secure the border than anybody else,” the direct opposite is true. Biden has made the problem worse than anyone else in US history.