by Rob Crilly at The Daily Mail
New charts reveals exactly how Joe Biden‘s inauguration triggered a surge of immigrants arriving at the southern border, despite repeated claims from administration officials that they inherited a broken system.
The graphs – showing that border detentions and child arrivals dropped to their lowest level in years at the end of 2020 before rocketing as soon as Biden took office – derailed efforts by the top U.S. homeland security official to deliver a rosy message when he appeared before senators on Thursday.
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas was forced on the defensive after Sen. Ron Johnson produced his dramatic red chart displaying ‘border apprehensions.’
‘The first step in solving any problem is admitting you have one,’ said Johnson during a hearing of the Senate Homeland Security Committee.
‘And it just seems like we’re in a state of denial.’
He pointed to measures taken by Trump to reduce immigration, such as working with Mexico on keep families from heading north or the use of Title 42 – a public health code that bars entry to people that may present a risk – to turn back anyone arriving with COVID-19, and how they coincided with steep declines in arrivals.
‘It really worked. We pretty well stopped a robust surge of illegal immigration at the border and that was pretty much in effect,’ he said.
‘It started ramping up with Democratic presidential candidates started talking about open borders and free healthcare.’
Briefly pausing for dramatic effect, he turned back to the red bar graph behind him and pointed out Jan. 20 with his finger…
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