Biden Falsely Claimed Border Crossings Are Down More Than ‘Any Time’ Under Trump Presidency

President Joe Biden claimed that border crossings are down more than at “any time” during the Trump administration during a Tuesday interview, but a review of border data confirms this isn’t accurate.

Speaking during an interview with Speedy Mormon, a host of youth culture news outlet Complex, Biden touted the recent results of an executive order he issued last month, which aims to crack down on the number of illegal crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border. At one point during the interview — which was conducted on Friday and aired Tuesday — the Democrat president said, “Guess what? The number of people seeking to come into the country is down lower than it was at any time when was president.”

While Border Patrol encounters with migrants between ports of entry are at the lowest levels since Biden entered office, they are not lower than at any time during Trump’s presidency, according to Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data.

There were 83,536 Border Patrol encounters with migrants between ports of entry — the standard gauge of unlawful border crossings — in the month of June, according to CBP data of the U.S.-Mexico border. Biden issued his executive order on June 4, which largely shuts down the border to further asylum seekers when unlawful border crossings reach a daily threshold.

The Biden administration touted the results of the executive order in a Monday