While speaking to the press this week, outgoing President Joe Biden claimed that when he became president back in 2021, border crossing numbers went way down.
“Let’s get something straight about the border: When I became president, the numbers came way down,” Biden told the reporters.
Fox News border correspondent Bill Melugin shared the clip, saying “A stunning, bold faced lie. I’m having trouble picking my jaw up off the floor that he would make such a claim. Unbelievable.”
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A stunning, bold-faced lie. I’m having trouble picking my jaw up off the floor that he would make such a claim. Unbelievable. https://t.co/xxOtlVmoZ9
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) January 13, 2025
According to the House Oversight Committee, under President Biden’s watch, there have been over 8 million migrant encounters nationwide, 6.7 million of which have been at the Southwest border — and more than 1.7 million known gotaways—illegal immigrants who have evaded Border Patrol.
Former director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and incoming border czar Tom Homan told Congress that President Joe Biden is the only president in U.S. history to “unsecure the border on purpose.”
Homan also said Biden’s “open border policies have created the greatest national security crisis since
9/11.”
