Are Biden's immigration policies causing upticks in illegal immigration?

More Info Migrants who crossed the Rio Grande and entered the U.S. from Mexico are lined up for processing by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Sept. 23, 2023, in Eagle Pass, Texas. (AP) Republicans say President Joe Biden’s immigration policies are causing upticks in illegal immigration.

Can immigration data tell us how many people crossed the border?

If one person tries to enter the country three times and is stopped each time by border officials, for example, that equals three encounters, even if it’s the same person encountered. Immigration data can give us a sense of the scale of migration, but it can’t tell us how many people crossed the border and now live here.

Will immigrants be given court dates if they are not charged?

The Department of Homeland Security had maintained that migrants released without charging documents would soon be given court dates at ICE offices in the interior of the country. It was not previously known that nearly 600,000 newly arrived migrants still remain at large in the U.S. without a clear path toward immigration proceedings.