What the Numbers Tell Us About the Recent Immigration Surge

During the 2024 presidential campaign, there was no issue on which the two parties and their candidates differed more dramatically in their presentation of the basic facts than immigration.

By and large, most Democrats adjudged the Biden administration as having dealt with a surge in migrants seeking admission on the southern border with a compassionate policy that avoided arbitrary deportations and family separations. Most Democrats also admitted the surge had become excessive...