Biden’s border crisis is real.

The Border Crisis: Fact or Fiction?

Since President Joe Biden took office, there has been a lot of debate about whether or not there is a crisis at the southern border. Republicans have been quick to claim that Biden has created the worst border crisis in American history, while the White House and its allies have insisted that there is nothing to see here.

The Debate Rages On

The media has been quick to jump on the bandwagon, with some outlets sensationalizing the issue and others dismissing it as a racist, Republican conspiracy theory. As Americans started to see through the sham, fact-checkers were quick to explain how the situation is more complex than it seems.

• Associated Press, March 7, 2023. “Plunge in border crossings could blunt GOP attack on Biden.”
• NPR, February 1, 2023. “In first GOP-led hearing about the border, witnesses paint sharply different picture.”
• CNN, March 24, 2021. “How the current US-Mexico border crisis compares with the peak of the Trump era in 2019.”
• The Daily Beast, February 19, 2023. “Biden’s Plan to End the Border Crisis Is Already Working.”

But the bill on this smokescreen may finally be coming due. Title 42, a pandemic-era policy that restricted those crossing the border from seeking asylum, is set to expire, and a massive influx of illegal immigrants has gathered at the border in anticipation. These inconvenient facts have made the border crisis harder to hide. President Biden recently sent 1,500 members of the National Guard to the border to try to keep order during the expected surge.

The Truth Will Prevail

As the debate rages on, it’s important to remember that the truth will prevail. We cannot alter reality with lies, and we cannot make there be a border crisis by saying there is one. Let’s focus on finding real solutions to the complex issues surrounding immigration, rather than stoking the fears of immigrants and asylum-seekers.

• Politico spends 3 weeks sensationalizing a fake border crisis, then gives Chad Wolf—an architect of family separation—a little free publicity piece for his new consulting firm.
• Love midterm years where shoveling more money at law enforcement and solving a fake border crisis get ten times more space than the all-out assault on voting rights.
• Fake outrage. Fake border crisis. Fake military service. Fake persecution. Just more of the same. I’m fucking tired of these fake ass fucks and I can’t wait to vote them all out this election and every election.

Let’s work together to find real solutions to the complex issues surrounding immigration, rather than perpetuating fake news and conspiracy theories.