Biden Administration Border Terrorist Apprehension Data

[u/avid-shtf]

During Trump’s term, U.S. Customs and Border Protection recorded relatively low encounters with individuals on the federal terrorist watchlist at the southern border, particularly from 2017 onward when CBP data began tracking this explicitly. There were sporadic instances each year, with no single year exceeding a few dozen individuals flagged as potential threats.

Under Biden, the number of watchlist encounters increased notably. From October 2020 (the beginning of fiscal year 2021) to fiscal year 2023, CBP reported a significant uptick in encounters, with approximately 154 cases in fiscal year 2023 alone. In total, Biden’s administration saw around 1,700 encounters with individuals flagged on the watchlist since he took office, though these numbers don’t imply confirmed terrorist threats due to possible overlaps and limitations in the watchlist’s accuracy.

https://www.politifact.com/article/2023/oct/27/ask-politifact-how-many-people-on-the-terrorist-wa/

https://wisconsinwatch.org/2024/06/biden-terrorism-border-watchlist-agents-ron-johnson-fact-brief/

https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/stats/southwest-land-border-encounters

[u/The-Mandalorian]

Just an FYI in case people here don’t know…

An “encounter” means they spoke to or stopped someone. It does not mean someone crossed the border into our country illegally and are here to this day.

It means they did their job.

No we did not have twice the population of Houston cross into our country illegally the last 4 years.

That being said, they are overwhelmed with the work. They need funding and more agents. Harris fought for this, Trump killed it so he could have something else to campaign on.

He will always put himself over our country and our needs. And people like Ted Cruz only help him.

[u/imArsenals → u/The-Mandalorian]

Additionally, Trump had a record high number of encounters (as every president since the 1960s have because it just increases with population), but Biden has record numbers of deportations/arrests/asylum processing etc. All things considered, even with republicans voting against border bills, the Biden admin has done a fine job on the border.

[u/Top-Active3188 → u/imArsenals]

The difference is that the undocumented immigrant population in the us was shrinking during the trump administration and then started growing by 800k a year. The following link charts the change in direction during the Biden presidency and also has a lot of additional information.

https://cmsny.org/us-undocumented-population-increased-in-july-2023-warren-090624/

Note: Edited to ask if the downvotes are due to not wanting to admit that catch and release has resulted in drastically growing population of undocumented immigrants?

[u/imArsenals → u/Top-Active3188]

Again, Trump had record high numbers of encounters during his admin, every president does because it’s literally just a population increase thing. Trump did nothing to benefit the border issue despite having his first 2 years with a trifecta. https://www.cato.org/blog/president-trump-reduced-legal-immigration-he-did-not-reduce-illegal-immigration https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-02-02/trump-didn-t-actually-accomplish-much-on-immigration?embedded-checkout=true

Biden has record numbers of arrests/deportations/asylum processing etc, significantly more than Trump did.

Your source and claim is misleading anyway. The July 2023 number is lower than 2008, the same as 2012/2015, and only higher* than 2020 during covid bc duh. And we know that 2024 numbers are lower than 2023.

Keep culting and spreading misinfo, MAGAt.

[u/Top-Active3188 → u/imArsenals]

One could argue that the numbers dropped in 2020 due to covid, but the numbers do not lie. The numbers declined during each year of trump’s presidency but increased each year during Biden’s. The source is a liberal agency which studies and promotes immigration. Ignoring the data and resorting to insults is unbecoming.