To be clear — this is a graph capturing mostly legal immigration, isn’t it? It omits all illegal border crossings. The Biden surge is a surge in legal immigration is somewhat (not at all completely) offset by a reduction in illegal immigration.
Robin Brooks
Robin Brooks20.7. klo 04.18
This chart puts recent ICE detentions (black) in historical perspective against the migration inflow on the Southwest land border (blue) in recent years. ICE detentions have certainly picked up, but they're tiny relative to the huge migrant inflow that happened in recent years.
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