He immediately started opening the borders, reversing the closings Trump did in his first term.
@Catmae : No, he used title 42 just as much.
More shenanigans people absorbed from the mythos without even checking it's validity.
The truth is, he actually increased enforcement.
Education is key.
-Increased Enforcement: From day one, the Biden administration increased border enforcement, including arrests, detentions, and removals/expulsions of migrants. The administration expelled or removed 3.3 million border crossers, which is three times more than the Trump administration over a comparable period.
-Continued Title 42 Expulsions: The administration largely kept in place the Trump-era public health order, Title 42, which allowed for the rapid expulsion of migrants during the COVID-19 pandemic, until it expired in May 2023. Over 2.5 million expulsions occurred under the Biden administration using this authority.
-Issued a Border Shutdown Order: In June 2024, President Biden signed an executive order that allowed officials to effectively shut down the border to asylum seekers if illegal crossings reached a certain average threshold.
Encounters increased, but so did expulsions, arrests, and deportations.