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Counting deportations is half the equation. If Biden was deporting roughly as many people as Trump, but there are 4X as many people crossing the border, it wasn’t good enforcement. Look at net illegal immigration to get the impact, and it’s estimated the number of illegal immigrants increased by 3.5 million people during Biden’s term.

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You say "illegal immigrants" to describe people that had border contact, made application, and were allowed into the USofA as "as yet documented" applicants.

People that, for the most part, committed no crime, made no attempt to hide, paid taxes, ran businesses, and employed others.

eg: https://www.wpbf.com/article/florida-vigil-conducted-for-det...

Your complaint is about an unsourced alleged increase on the order of 3.5 million taxpayers.

Again, this is about messaging, perception and propaganda.

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