What's happening on the southern border right now is nothing less than a catastrophe. But I had no bad it truly was until I looked at the data myself.
I downloaded and analyzed 23 years of Border Patrol data today. Here are six charts showing just how bad the situation is 👇
How much worse has Biden been than other presidents when it comes to the border?
In the 34 months for which data is available, Biden has had a staggering 6.7M encounters at the southern border.
In comparison, at this stage, Bush had 2.8M, Obama had 1.2M, and Trump had 1.4M.
In other words, 34 months in, Biden has had more encounters than Bush, Obama, and Trump did COMBINED during their first 34 months (6.7M vs. 5.5M).
Biden's 6.7M encounters in 34 months are also more than Trump and Obama had in the combined 144 months of their ENTIRE presidencies.
On a monthly basis, here's how bad Biden's presidency looks compared to Bush, Obama, and Trump.
Bush and Trump's worst months were better than Biden's best months. And we can only dream about returning to Obama's levels.
Notice how encounters spike starting late 2020...
On a trailing 12 months basis, Bush briefly had 1M encounters, Obama was consistently below 500k, and Trump rarely exceeded 500k.
On the other hand, Biden has had 2M encounters during nearly every rolling 12-month period of his administration, and it's now more than 2.5M.
If you look at the number of months during which there were more than 100k encounters:
Trump had only one month.
Obama didn't have any.
Bush had 21 months across eight years (96 months).
And Biden has had ALL 34 MONTHS of his presidency with 100k+.
32 out of Biden's 34 months have exceeded 150k encounters.
The only other recent president who ever exceeded that level was Bush, for four out of his 96 months.
Looking at months with 200k encounters, Biden is the only president who's reached that level. And, at 18 out of 34 months, it's been the majority of his months in office.
If anyone tells you this is a minor issue that "ultra-MAGA right-wingers" are blowing out of proportion, they aren't just wrong. They're maliciously disingenuous.
All of these charts are based on CBP data. This is real.
It's a massive problem. And we need to address it NOW.
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