CLAIM: Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) claimed during Tuesday night's vice presidential debate that “border crossings have decreased” since former President Donald Trump left office in January 2021.
Verdict: Somewhat true, but mostly misleading. Although fewer illegal aliens were apprehended by Border Patrol between ports of entry in August than in December 2020, the last full month of Trump's presidency, Walz's claims are dramatic. deliberately excludes the number of migrants who arrive at ports of entry and are being processed thanks to these measures. Changes in federal policy.
“[Border] There are fewer checkpoints than when Donald Trump left office,” Walz said.
In December 2020, a full month after President Trump took office, more than 71,000 illegal aliens were arrested by Border Patrol agents passing through ports of entry on the U.S.-Mexico border.
In August of this year, approximately 58,000 illegal immigrants were arrested by Border Patrol agents between ports of entry on the southern border.
But what Walz left out of the equation is the parole pipeline, in which President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris would force migrants to gather at border ports of entry and apply for parole in hopes of being released into the U.S. interior. The opening of
Because the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Field Operations has jurisdiction over ports of entry, encounters of migrants at these ports are counted in a separate category.
Add in these migrant encounters and arrests of illegal aliens, and Biden and Harris continue to oversee far more illegal immigrants at the southern border than any presidential administration in U.S. history, including Trump. .
For example, fewer than 2,900 migrants were encountered at border ports of entry in December 2020. In August of this year, nearly 50,000 migrants were encountered at ports of entry.
A recent House Homeland Security Committee report found that about 85 percent of migrants arriving at the border, whether arriving at the border or arriving at the U.S. interior, under the Biden-Harris administration He suggested that he be released.
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