The Biden administration opened the border from 2021 through 2025.
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The Benny ShowOct 26, 2026
The sources support the core claim that border crossings surged and enforcement loosened under Biden from 2021 onward, with FactCheck.org reporting about 7.38 million attempted crossings over his four years and Harvard noting encounters doubled after he took office.
What was said
… Is that right? That's right. Look, Texas, we have a constitutional right to be able to defend ourselves against an invasion. There's also a federal constitutional right to do the same, and that's exactly what we did with that law, where for four years, 2021 through 2025, the Biden administration failed us, right? They opened up the border. We've been flooded with cartels, with criminals, with fentanyl, right? They were putting illegal immigrants above the rights of citizens, and so Texas responded. …
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Supports. FactCheck.org reports apprehensions at the southwest border were 107% higher in Biden's final year than in the last full year before he took office, and that Border Patrol encountered over 7 million people attempting illegal crossings during his four years.[1]
Supports. Harvard's Policy Memos piece says migrant encounters at the southern border quickly doubled after Biden became president, and that he halted border wall construction, suspended Remain in Mexico, and paused deportations for 100 days.[3]
Supports. A Congress.gov staff text says the administration ended Remain in Mexico and safe third country agreements and expanded CBP One and mass parole programs, facilitating illegal entry.[4]
Supports. PolitiFact confirms there were historically high levels of illegal immigration during the Biden administration, and that the administration removed and deported people in the U.S. illegally.[2]
Contradicts. FactCheck.org notes apprehensions dropped dramatically in the second half of 2024 after Biden initiated emergency policies to curb crossings, and the BBC reports his administration eventually brought monthly figures down significantly by restricting asylum claims.[1][7]
Context. Several sources making the strongest claims are partisan or advocacy-aligned (Hagerty op-ed, Congress Republican staff report), so the characterization rests partly on contested framing rather than neutral data alone.[5][6]
Sources
7 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 4 primary, 1 tier 1
- 1Biden's Final Numbers - FactCheck. ...factcheck.org · fact-checker · cited for: contradicts, supports
- 2No, Joe Biden did not have a 'voter importation' plan. Fact ... - PolitiFactpolitifact.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 3How Biden Ignored Warnings and Lost Americans' Faith in ...policymemos.hks.harvard.edu · primary source · cited for: supports
- 4PART 1: CONSEQUENCES OF FAILURE: HOW BIDEN'S ...congress.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 5Breaking down Biden's plan to address border crisis - Bill Hagertyhagerty.senate.gov · primary source · cited for: context
- 6INSIDE THE BIDEN-HARRIS ADMINISTRATION’S OPEN-BORDERS ...govinfo.gov · primary source · cited for: context
- 7Five ways Trump has changed immigration in the USbbc.co.uk · tier 1 · cited for: contradicts
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