A surge in immigration under President Joe Biden has resulted in the largest wave of migration in U.S. history, according to a report by *The New York Times* on Wednesday.
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) reported that from 2021 to 2023, the U.S. experienced a net migration of approximately 2.4 million people annually. Net migration is calculated by subtracting the number of people leaving the country from the number of people entering. By the end of the Biden administration, total net migration could exceed 8 million people, the *Times* noted.
This three-year period from 2021 to 2023 saw the highest number of arrivals in U.S. history. When measured as a share of the total U.S. population, it is the largest increase in nearly 175 years.
Immigration and border security have become central issues in recent U.S. politics. Former President Donald Trump made these topics key points of his presidential campaign, and Republicans have frequently criticized the Biden administration’s approach to managing the border. Stephen Miller, a top advisor to Trump, recently emphasized that mass deportations will be a top priority for the incoming administration.
Miller, who has been selected as deputy chief of staff for policy, appeared on Fox News and said that the new administration plans to issue a series of executive orders aimed at closing the border. These actions would mark the beginning of the largest deportation effort in U.S. history.
Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) also weighed in on the issue, stating that border security should be the first priority of the Senate Budget Committee in the upcoming Congress. On the social media platform X, Graham expressed his support for Miller’s comments, calling for a border security bill to be passed through the budget reconciliation process.
“While I support spending restrictions and tax cuts, securing the border must be the Senate Budget Committee’s first priority,” Graham wrote. “The bill will be transformational, it will be paid for, and it will come first.”
This growing focus on immigration reform comes as both major parties push for solutions to what they consider a broken border security system.
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