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Biden's border policy

The claim that President Biden opened the US borders, and the subsequent fact-checking of this claim, including policy changes and their effects on border encounters.

Fact-Checks

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Jan 30, 2026
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Did Joe Biden open the borders to get more voters?

The claim that " to get more voters" is an oversimplification not supported by the public record: the administration both reversed many restrictions and repeatedly tightened enforcement, and its postu...

Jan 30, 2026
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How do border crossings and illegal immigration trends during Biden’s presidency compare to previous administrations?

and illegal-immigration encounters surged early in ’s term and reached historically high annual totals, but policy changes and enforcement actions later in his presidency produced sharp declines in en...

Jan 12, 2026

How do independent estimates (e.g., CBP, research groups, think tanks) differ on total illegal crossings during Biden's term?

Independent tallies of “illegal crossings” during President Biden’s term vary widely because sources use different measures—CBP encounter counts, “gotaways” detected by sensors, expulsions under Title...

Jan 10, 2026

Did Biden sell the border wall for Pennie’s on the dollar

No — the available reporting does not support a simple claim that “Biden sold the border wall for pennies on the dollar” as an act of gratuitous sabotage; federal agencies did move surplus wall materi...

Jan 6, 2026

What are all the exact verbatim texts of the Presidential Walk of Fame plaques, and where can official transcripts be obtained?

The available press reports reproduce several of the new bronze plaque texts installed on the White House “Presidential Walk of Fame,” but no single news report in the provided pool publishes a comple...