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Have Border Encounters Fallen Since Biden’s Executive Order?

President Joe Biden touted his success on the southern border Thursday night during a highly anticipated press conference, saying Border Patrol agents must deal with half the number of illegal aliens than they did under President Donald Trump. 

Border encounters have gone down over 50%,” Biden said. “The current level is lower today than when Trump left office.”

In December 2020, the last full month of the Trump administration, agents encountered 73,994 illegal alien encounters at the southern border, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

Official CBP numbers for last month have yet to be released, but according to data…

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