Biden Admin Let Most Immigrant Families Who Showed Up at Border Into the US, Despite Public Health Order

A majority of immigrant families apprehended at the U.S.-Mexico border were allowed to enter the country in February, according to recent data from U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

The CBP reported that the Biden administration admitted nearly 60 percent of the 19,246 “family unit” migrants encountered at the border into the U.S. as they await their court hearings.

Only 38 percent of the families apprehended at the border were released into the country in January, according to The Washington Post.

“If you let them in, more will come. That’s the critical failing of the Biden administration’s current policy,” Republican Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas tweeted.

“The word is out that the borders are open, and this crisis will get worse unless the administration changes course.”

Administration officials claimed thousands of migrants are still being turned away under the Trump administration’s Title 42 public health order passed in March 2020 in response to the coronavirus pandemic, The Post reported.