Behind the Numbers: New FAIR Analysis Examines Biden Policies That Have Resulted in Record-Setting Illegal Immigration
(December 30, 2021, Washington, D.C.) — Border encounter figures for President Biden’s first year in office are out and they are alarming. For the fiscal year that ended on Sept. 30, which encompassed the first nine months of the Biden presidency, 1.74 million people were encountered at the border – a 380 percent increase from FY 2020, the last full year of the Trump administration.
A new analysis by the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) takes a look behind these record-setting numbers to determine why illegal border crossings grew exponentially during Biden’s first nine months in office, and why the border crisis is likely to persist. While the media and policymakers may only focus on the overall encounter numbers, FAIR’s analysis examines Biden administration policies and their impacts that have incentivized the unprecedented numbers of people attempting to enter the country illegally.
https://www.fairus.org/press-releases/illegal-immigration/behind-numbers-new-fair-analysis-examines-biden-policies-have
