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> During his presidency illegal immigration was lower

Is that true? Legal immigration was lower especially during the lockdown (for obvious reasons). But the number of deportations of illegal immigrants barely changed, e.g. https://www.cato.org/blog/president-trump-reduced-legal-immi...

> wages rose for the working class

That happened. And it happened even faster under Biden.

> He’s also positioned himself as the “law and order” candidate

And yet the murder rate rose to the highest level since 1997.

> their experience of the economy was better when he was president

I feel like it might be more accurate to say "perception" than "experience".




>https://www.statista.com/statistics/329256/alien-apprehensio...

Trump’s first term and Obama’s second term were fairly steady, then you see a massive bump under Biden.


Border patrol apprehensions is very different from illegal immigration! You can't control how mnay people try to get across.



You actually can, by working the incentives. For the first three years of Biden’s administration one could show up, be apprehended, and be relatively certain that they would be released into the country, where you might be housed and fed.

Under later Trump and Biden’s current policy, you are released into Mexico.




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