Biden Administration Lied About Expelling ‘Vast Majority’ of Migrants at the Border

The Biden Administration has stated repeatedly that the vast majority of people crossing the border are being sent back. However, new reporting from Axios revealed that the Biden administration isn’t telling Americans the full story. 

“The data shows an average of just 13% of nearly 13,000 family members attempting to cross the U.S.-Mexico border were returned to Mexico between March 14 and March 21 using the public health order…” –Axios

In an interview with ABC News last week, President Joe Biden told the American people, “The vast majority of people crossing the border are being sent back. They’re being sent back, immediately sent back.”

That same message has been repeated time and time again from other members of the administration.

“There are limited cases where there are families, because they can’t be held in Mexico, who are processed, tested, considered at the border. Most of them are sent back to their home countries.” – White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki

“We are expelling families. We are expelling single adults. We have communicated and we will continue to communicate to the children, do not come.” – DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas

In order to turn migrants away at the border, President Biden preserved a Trump-era immigration policy that closes the border to nonessential travel because of the coronavirus. However, data from the Department of Homeland Security shows it’s barely being used to expel families like the Biden administration promised.

According to Axios, the other 87 percent of families attempting to cross the border are being allowed into the U.S. “to go through immigration proceedings.” Those proceedings can take years, and even now, border patrol agents are releasing migrants into the U.S. without a set court date.

Bottom line: The vast majority of people attempting to illegally cross the border are NOT being turned away. Once again, the Biden administration is lying.