He definitely was full of shit about the border surge when he tried to claim the surge we're seeing now is akin to past surges.
Anyone with half a fucking brain knows his words encouraging these third-worlders to come, is why we are in this crisis.
Claim: The border surge is akin to past years
“The truth of the matter is, nothing has changed. As many people came — 28 percent increase in children to the border in my administration. Thirty-one percent in 2019 before the pandemic in the Trump administration,” the president said. “It happens every single solitary year. There is a significant increase in the number of people coming to the border in the winter months of January, February, March — it happens every year.”
Biden is right that the colder months typically bring a surge of border crossings, but his numbers on children are wrong.
There was a 28 percent surge in apprehensions at the southern border from January to February of this year, the most recent and complete
data point from Customs and Border Protection (CBP) available right now. The Trump administration saw a 31 percent surge in migrant apprehensions from January to February 2019.
But Biden specifically mentions children, and that’s where his facts are incorrect. There is a far bigger surge of unaccompanied minor children right now than there was two years ago. From January to February 2019, there was a 31 percent surge in children stopped by CBP. From January to February 2021, there has been a 61 percent surge in those stops
Fact checking Biden on migrant surge during first news conference (nbcnews.com)
