During Wednesday night’s Oval Office address, President Joe Biden claimed, “Border Crossings are lower today than when the previous administration left office.” Official reports from U.S. Customs and Border Protection debunk this claim.
VERDICT: False — The Southwest Land Border Encounters Report from U.S. Customs and Border Protection clearly shows that migrant encounters each month of the Biden-Harris administration were higher than the month President Donald Trump left office.
“We are also securing our border. Border crossings are lower today than when the previous administration left office,” President Biden told the American people Wednesday evening.