Was cycling yesterday afternoon with a friend, a conservative. We normally avoid politics and religion but somehow got on the subject of immigration and the border issues. He brought up the record number of "illegal" crossings and how it was far less under Trump.

Then he talked about the surge of Chinese migrants "of military age" coming in. He is so concerned he bought extra magazines and ammunition for his recently acquired AR-15.

He's a normal, upper-middle-class family man, a lycra-wearing cyclist...and he's stock-pilling weapons and ammunition. Against a Chinese state-sponsored attack, I assume.

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I did a Google search "was immigration less under trump".
Second hit - interesting charts:
washingtonpost.com - Trump biden immigration border compared

This "looks" very bad (to someone who thinks we need to restrict immigration, and I do).

Is there really nothing the Biden administration could have done or can do?

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I see Biden used the term "illegal" last night and upset some Democrats.
news.yahoo.com - Biden illegal describe migrants raises

“No human being is illegal,” said Rep. Delia Ramirez (D-Ill.) in a social media post soon afterwards.

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Another Google search "most important issue for 2024"
4th hit:
news.gallup.com - Immigration surges top important problem list

Immigration Surges to Top of Most Important Problem List
First time immigration has been the single most important problem since 2019