T. A. Gardner
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Actually, this is a tough question to answer. If you look at all the data from various sources, you get the impression PDQ that nobody really has a handle on just how many have crossed into the US illegally, are here illegally, or anything else to do with this.What is it when calculated as a percentage of illegals coming in.
This is the best I can figure given some wild variations in figures from various sources. Those against illegal immigration are the high end, those that support Biden and Democrats generally are the low end.
Under the last Trump administration, about 2.5 million illegals entered or attempted to enter the US. With 4 years of Biden somewhere between 6.5 and 10.8 million illegals have entered the US, the high number might be as much as 15 million, but that figure is questionable.
The Biden administration has deported somewhere in the neighborhood of 2 and 2.5 million since taking office. That's roughly 20 to 30% of the total entering. Most sources put the percentage at about 15% give or take where they list a percentage. The more hostile to illegals and Biden put it at 9 or 10%.
Of that, somewhere in the neighborhood of 450,000 to 800,000 are known criminals with criminal records, many awaiting deportation in the US and not in prison. About half that number are in federal prison.
In 2024, there have been about 2.8 to 3.1 million encounters on the US border with a deportation of 271,000 or about 9 to 10% deported. Yes, that's the highest since about the middle of Obama's terms in office, but it is also the lowest percentage in decades. Trump, Obama, Bush, etc., all deported far more of illegal crossers than Biden has. The reason Biden's numbers are so large on deportation is the sheer number of encounters is massively more than with previous administrations. This year alone, the Biden administration has had more border encounters than during the entire time Trump was in office.
So, the best answer is, Biden is doing little or nothing to stem the flow of illegals into the US and is deporting the fewest, by percentage of encounters, of any presidential administration in post WW 2 history.