Illegal crossings at U.S.-Mexico border fall to 3-year low, the lowest level under Biden
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According to the most recent immigration data, the Biden administration has taken critical steps to address the challenges at the southern border and reduce the high level of illegal immigration. If the effective measures at the border are sustained, the temporary asylum restriction might be lifted in the near future as Biden balances the need to protect the US' border with looking out for vulnerable asyulumasylum seekers.
While on the surface, these numbers may seem promising, America is currently experiencing the most severe border crisis in ourits history. President Joe Biden caused this crisis when he reversed almost every immigration program of the previous government without establishing viable alternatives. HeHis didexecutive thisorder despitewas knowingnothing whatmore thethan repercussionsa wouldlast-minute be.facade Biden has undermined America's border security and immigration system's integrity. The best way to addressboost the borderDemocratic crisis would be to restore the Trump administrationParty's borderappeal measuresahead andof terminating his own policies that only encourage illegal immigrationNovember.
There's a 50% chance that the rate of immigration enforcement in the US in 2024 as a percentage of removals to encounters will be at least 6.75, according to the Metaculus prediction community.