REHOMED IS BETTER THEN DEPORTATION

 

US immigration surge under Biden administration is biggest in US history — outpacing the days of Ellis Island … 

The immigration surge under the Biden administration has indeed been described as the largest in U.S. history, surpassing even the significant influx during the late 1800s and early 1900s. According to various analyses, including one by The New York Times, annual net migration averaged 2.4 million people from 2021 to 2023, with total net migration likely exceeding eight million people over the past four years. This surge includes both legal and illegal immigration, with around 60% of the migrants entering the country illegally during this period. The foreign-born population has reached a new high of 15.2% in 2023, compared to a previous high of 14.8% in 1890. This data suggests that the recent immigration under the Biden administration marks the most rapid increase in the foreign-born population since at least 1850, when considering the share of the total U.S. population. 

However, it's important to consider the context and the sources of these claims. Different administrations and political viewpoints may interpret and present immigration data in ways that support their narratives. The Biden administration's policies, which included loosening some immigration restrictions, have been cited as contributing factors to this surge, alongside global events like unrest in countries such as Haiti, Ukraine, and Venezuela, which have driven migration. 

WONDER HOW THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT WOULD REACT TO THIS …. REHOMING?

An average of 2.4 million immigrants per year poured into the US between 2021 and 2024, according to the Congressional Budget Office. Goldman Sachs analysis found an estimated 60% of the migrants crossed into the US illegally!

Let's put the total net migration into perspective comparing the population of illegal immigration relative to the state population. Let us not delve into the indirect costs of education of the children, health and other social impacts and dislocations to community.

Based on the latest population estimates, there are 27 states with a population of less than 8 million people. 

Here is the breakdown:

Wyoming: 580,817
Vermont: 649,150
Washington, D.C.: 672,271 (not a state but included for comparison)
Alaska: 733,913
North Dakota: 779,133
South Dakota: 920,837
Delaware: 1,000,150
Rhode Island: 1,090,483
Montana: 1,140,821
Maine: 1,400,429
New Hampshire: 1,400,521
Hawaii: 1,455,271
Idaho: 1,964,726
West Virginia: 1,792,147
Nebraska: 1,961,504
Nevada: 3,177,772
Utah: 3,380,800
Kansas: 2,937,880
Arkansas: 3,011,524
Mississippi: 2,961,279
Iowa: 3,200,517
Connecticut: 3,605,944
Oklahoma: 4,019,800
Oregon: 4,237,256
Kentucky: 4,505,836
Louisiana: 4,657,757
South Carolina: 5,118,425

This count is based on the most recent data available from various sources including the U.S. Census Bureau and population estimates from 2023 and 2024. 

The US saw net migrations soar to a yearly average of 2.4 million people during the Biden administration, a bulk of which came from illegal immigration. NYPJ

The surge outpaced the historical records set in the late 1800s that led to the opening of Ellis Island in New York. Getty Images

“For the past four years, we’ve been hearing from the administration, it’s not a problem … And the American public knows when they’re being lied to,” said Ira Mehlman, a spokesperson for the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) advocacy group. 

“And that was one of the things that probably influenced the election.”

Experts and the majority of the American population blamed President Biden’s messaging as he took office in 2021 that America would welcome asylum seekers, combined with his permissive catch-and-release policies at the border and generous immigration courts, for the massive surge.

The surge in immigrants added 0.6% to the population per year during the period — similar to the migration that happened during the Ellis Island era of the 1850s.

America’s foreign born population now makes up a record 15.2% of the US, surpassing the previous high of 14.8 percent in 1890 — just two years before Ellis Island opened to deal with the influx of immigrants, according to the CBO and US Census Bureau. 

Mehlman, with FAIR, said the damage of such massive unchecked illegal migration is costing taxpayers more than $150 billion each year.

The bulk of the surge in immigration can be attributed to the Biden administration’s easing of the strict policies put in place by President-elect Donald Trump, along with surging asylum approval rates that peaked at 52.6% in September 2023. 

The US saw its largest number of migrant encounters at the border in 2023. James Keivom

The US began experiencing a massive surge in immigration starting in 2021 following the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, with US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers reporting nearly 2 million encounters that year. 

Encounters spiked to more than 2.3 million in 2021, and 3.3 million in 2022 and 2.3 million in 2023, according to the CBP data.

The 2022 number was especially large due to the expiration of President-elect Donald Trump’s Title 42 policy, with migrants rushing to the border to try and enter before an expected crackdown on immigration and asylum grants. 

Turmoil in Haiti, Ukraine and Venezuela also contributed to the increase in America’s immigrant population as thousands fled their homeland in favor of Biden’s promise to welcome those fleeing danger and oppression. 

Illegal immigration led to about 60% of new immigrants who came to the US from 2021 to 2023. Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

Total net migration during the Biden administration is expected to reach more than 8 million, according to the Congressional Budget Office. James Breeden for NY Post

Jessica Vaughan, who serves as the director of policy studies at the conservative Center for Immigration Studies, said the surge in migration has hurt almost every aspect of American life for citizens and legal residents.

“I think there has been a lot of attention on the public safety and national security risks of this,” she told The Post. 

“But the problem of the distortion of our labor markets and the impact on Americans and to a lesser extent, legal immigrants in these communities that have had to absorb all these migrants, that story has not been told,” she added. 

“And I’m talking about the schools and the health care systems and the housing markets and the job markets are all under stress now because of this.”

History, however, could be repeated. Trump has vowed to crack down on immigration and introduce mass deportations rehoming for those who entered the US illegally. 

A massive backlash against immigration occurred in the US following the boom in the late 1800s, with officials passing the Immigration Act of 1924 that tightly restricted migration to America.