Biden was warned his soft-on-immigration proposals would cause ‘chaos’ — but he ignored it, damning memo reveals
By Emily Crane
Published Dec. 8, 2025, 6:43 a.m. ET
President Joe Biden was warned by advisers that his immigration plans could lead to “chaos” at the US border — but he ignored them, a newly uncovered memo reveals.
His team doled out the advice to Biden when he was still campaigning against President Trump back in 2020, the New York Times reported.
“A potential surge could create chaos and a humanitarian crisis, overwhelm processing capacities and imperil the agenda of the new administration,” Biden’s advisers wrote.
The memo warned that a huge influx was possible given Biden’s approach, a backlog from the Trump administration, and COVID hardships.
0 including ways to reject immigration claims more easily, potentially holding asylum seekers in “reception centers” until their cases could be heard and transferring them to other countries.
https://nypost.com/2025/12/08/us-news/biden-was-warned-his-soft-on-immigration-proposals-would-cause-chaos-but-he-ignored-it-damning-memo-reveals/