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The Biden Administration’s Border Crisis: Shocking New Data Exposes Alarming Failures in Immigration Enforcement

ByAlki David

Oct 13, 2023

In a critical revelation, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) and Immigration Subcommittee Chairman Tom McClintock (R-CA) have unveiled an interim staff report that exposes the depth of the Biden administration’s shortcomings in handling the border crisis. Titled “The Biden Border Crisis: New Data and Testimony Show How the Biden Administration Opened the Southwest Border and Abandoned Interior Immigration Enforcement,” the report provides a damning account of the situation.

In response to persistent requests for information about the state of the border crisis, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) produced data that unveils a concerning state of immigration enforcement. The newly obtained, nonpublic data reveals that between January 20, 2021, and March 31, 2023, over 5 million illegal alien encounters occurred. Shockingly, at least 2,464,424 of these encounters had no confirmed departure from the United States.

Equally alarming is the fact that, during the same period, DHS released at least 2,148,738 illegal aliens into the United States. What’s more, only 5,993 illegal aliens encountered at the southwest border and placed in removal proceedings before an immigration judge were actually removed from the country during this time. This translates to a mere six percent of released illegal aliens being screened for fear of persecution for asylum.

As of March 2023, DHS had removed only 874 of the illegal aliens found to have a credible fear of persecution, and whose claims were adjudicated on the merits and denied by an immigration judge. Furthermore, an additional 205,473 aliens were released into the country through illegal categorical parole programs.

These shocking revelations raise serious questions about the effectiveness of the Biden administration’s immigration policies and its ability to manage the crisis at the border. The report underscores a systemic failure in immigration enforcement, with an overwhelming majority of illegal aliens not being removed through proper legal channels.

This data paints a troubling picture of a border in disarray, highlighting the urgent need for comprehensive reform and enhanced enforcement measures. As policymakers grapple with these revelations, the consequences of the Biden administration’s approach to immigration enforcement continue to unfold.

By Alki David

Alki David — Publisher, Media Architect, SIN Network Creator - live, direct-to-public communication, media infrastructure, accountability journalism, and independent distribution. Born in Lagos, Nigeria; educated in the United Kingdom and Switzerland; attended the Royal College of Art. Early internet broadcaster — participated in real-time public coverage during the 1997 Mars landing era using experimental online transmission from Beverly Hills. Founder of FilmOn, one of the earliest global internet television networks offering live and on-demand broadcasting outside legacy gatekeepers. Publisher of SHOCKYA — reporting since 2010 on systemic corruption inside the entertainment business and its expansion into law, finance, and regulation. Creator of the SIN Network (ShockYA Integrated Network), a federated media and civic-information infrastructure spanning investigative journalism, live TV, documentary, and court-record reporting. Lived and worked for over 40 years inside global media hubs including Malibu, Beverly Hills, London, Hong Kong and Gstaad. Early encounter with Julian Assange during the first Hologram USA operations proved a formative turning point — exposing the realities of lawfare, information suppression, and concentrated media power. Principal complainant and driving force behind what court filings describe as the largest consolidated media–legal accountability action on record, now before the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court. Relocated to Antigua & Barbuda and entered sustained legal, civic, and informational confrontation over media power, safeguarding, and accountability at Commonwealth scale.