Biden claims he's reduced illegal crossings; nearly 14 million reported since 2021
Story by Bethany Blankley | The Center Square contributor • 16h
(The Center Square) – Roughly 40 days ahead of the November election, President Joe Biden claimed that an executive order he issued this summer has reduced illegal border crossings by 60%.
In an amended Sept. 27, 2024, Proclamation 10773 (Securing the Border), he claims a June 3 executive order he issued “suspended and limited the entry of certain noncitizens into the United States across the southern border during times of high border crossings.”
Following his directive, U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and Attorney General Merrick Garland issued an interim final rule claiming to limit asylum eligibility for certain noncitizens who illegally enter the country, which he says “already produced significant results.”
“As of the end of the last calendar month, the average number of encounters by the United States Border Patrol at our southwest border between ports of entry has decreased by 59% compared to the period after the Circumvention of Lawful Pathways rule began to apply on May 12, 2023, and before Proclamation 10773 and the IFR went into effect. July and August 2024 were the lowest 2 months of encounters between ports of entry since September 2020.”
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