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Biden's Immigration Policies Spark Border Crisis, 14 Million Unauthorized
12/8/2025
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Story summary
- In 2020 advisers warned President Joe Biden that his immigration policies could cause border chaos.
- The memo warned that a surge in crossings could overwhelm processing capacities and hinder the administration's agenda.
- Biden ignored suggestions to tighten border controls, fearing backlash from progressives.
- By 2023 the unauthorized immigrant population reached 14 million.
- Biden attributed the issues to Republican obstruction and took unilateral action to close the border in 2024.
