Jan 24, 2023
If the Biden administration tells you illegal border crossings are down, don't be fooled. Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) fellow Todd Bensman wrote a piece for Newsweek on Jan. 24 explaining how the new CBP One program doesn't reduce the number of illegal migrants flooding the southern U.S. border; it simply "pre-approves" those migrants so Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Border Patrol can claim the numbers of illegal apprehensions and crossings are down. As Bensman said, "The illusion would impress Harry Houdini." December was the worst month ever in the border crisis, according to CBP statistics, but CBP seems eager to assure America on Biden's behalf that the crisis is improving. "The American public will indeed see sharp declines in the monthly illegal apprehension statistics, starting with the January report which comes out next month," Bensman said. But those declines are just a clever deception on the part of the Biden admin