Editing Joe Biden (section)

==== Immigration ====
{{Main|Immigration policy of the Joe Biden administration}}
[[File:2000- Border apprehensions at southwest border.svg|thumb|upright=1.0|Yearly numbers of illegal immigrants apprehended at the [[Mexico–United States border|U.S. southern border]]]]
Illegal border crossings at the [[Mexico–United States border]] began to surge in 2021 when Biden assumed office,<ref>{{Cite news |date=January 26, 2024 |title=Illegal border crossings from Mexico reach highest on record in December before January lull |url=https://apnews.com/article/immigration-border-crossings-mexico-biden-18ac91ef502e0c5433f74de6cc629b32 |work = Associated Press News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=January 2, 2024 |title=Migrant encounters along southwest border reach all-time high of 302,000 |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/migrant-encounters-reach-time-high-southwest-border/story?id=106050779 |agency = ABC News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=December 29, 2023 |title=December migrant surge at Southern border largest in more than two decades as mayors call for action |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/29/us/us-mexico-border-migration/index.html |publisher = CNN}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=February 14, 2024 |title=Migrant encounters at the U.S.-Mexico border hit a record high at the end of 2023 |url=https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/02/15/migrant-encounters-at-the-us-mexico-border-hit-a-record-high-at-the-end-of-2023/ |publisher = Pew Research Center}}</ref> reaching an all-time monthly high in December 2023.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Debusmann |first1=Bernd Jr. |title=Three reasons why so many migrants want to cross from Mexico to US |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68208637 |publisher=BBC News |date=February 7, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Gramlich |first1=John |title=2023 ended with more migrant encounters at U.S.-Mexico border than any month on record |url=https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/02/15/migrant-encounters-at-the-us-mexico-border-hit-a-record-high-at-the-end-of-2023/sr_24-02-15_borderencounters_1-png/ |publisher=Pew Research Center |date=February 15, 2024}}</ref> Throughout 2024, crossings began to significantly decline from the December record, after Biden implemented restrictions on [[Asylum in the United States|asylum]] claims from migrants who cross the border between ports of entry and urged Mexico to crack down on migrants.<ref name="cbs-border-crossings">{{Cite news |date=July 1, 2024 |title=Illegal crossings at U.S.-Mexico border fall to 3-year low, the lowest level under Biden |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/border-crossings-us-mexico-border-june-2024/ |publisher = CBS News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=April 30, 2024 |title=A quieter border eases pressure on Biden, with a hand from Mexico |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2024/04/30/united-states-mexico-border-surge-biden/ |newspaper = The Washington Post}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=June 26, 2024 |title=Biden border restrictions bring sharp drop in illegal crossings |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2024/06/26/border-crossings-drop-biden-closures/ |newspaper = The Washington Post}}</ref> Deportations from October 2023 to September 2024 reached the highest level since 2014.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Alvarez |first=Priscilla |date=December 19, 2024 |title=Biden carried out the highest level of deportations since 2014, new report says |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/19/politics/biden-deportations-report/index.html |access-date=December 21, 2024 |agency=CNN}}</ref> Biden used [[humanitarian parole]] to an unprecedented degree to mitigate illegal border crossings, allowing migrants to fly into the U.S. or schedule their entries through official entry points in the U.S.-Mexico border. Over a million migrants had been admitted to the U.S. under humanitarian parole as of January 2024.<ref>{{Cite news |date=January 22, 2024 |title=Biden administration has admitted more than 1 million migrants into U.S. under parole policy Congress is considering restricting |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/immigration-parole-biden-administration-1-million-migrants/ |publisher=CBS News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=March 11, 2024|title=What Is Humanitarian Parole? How an Obscure Biden Immigration Policy Became So Controversial |url=https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/humanitarian-parole-immigration-border-policy-controversy-eb4d63a9 |newspaper=The Wall Street Journal}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=March 8, 2024|title=Program that allows 30,000 migrants from 4 countries into the US each month upheld by judge |url=https://apnews.com/article/immigration-biden-haiti-cuba-nicaragua-venezuela-trial-fac9dc853231ba04ff0ea4e7442057ef |work=Associated Press News}}</ref>

[[File:Joe Biden at the Mexico border 2023-01-08.jpg|thumb|left|Biden visiting border patrol agents at the U.S. southern border, January 2023]]

In January 2024, Biden expressed support for a proposed bipartisan immigration deal led by Senators [[Kyrsten Sinema]] and [[James Lankford]]. He had previously supported the [[U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021]], which he proposed on his first day in office.<ref>{{cite news |last=Jacobson |first=Don | url=https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2024/01/27/Biden-voices-support-Senate-border-bill-new-emergency-powers/7161706363564/ | title=Biden voices support for Senate border bill with new 'emergency' powers | work=[[United Press International]] | date=January 27, 2024 |access-date=July 11, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Montoya-Galvez |first1=Camilo |last2=Brennan |first2=Margaret |last3=Escobedo |first3=Richard | url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/immigration-deal-biden-senate-us-mexico-border-bill/ | title=Biden and senators on verge of striking immigration deal aimed at clamping down on illegal border crossings | agency=[[CBS News]] | date=January 28, 2024 |access-date=July 11, 2024}}</ref> The proposed bipartisan bill would have allowed [[Department of Homeland Security|DHS]] to close the border when encounters reach a seven-day average of 5,000 or exceed 8,500 in a single day.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Desjardins |first1=Lisa |last2=Midura |first2=Kyle | url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/how-the-bipartisan-border-deal-would-transform-the-u-s-immigration-system | title=How the bipartisan border deal would transform the U.S. immigration system | website=[[PBS News]] | date=February 4, 2024 |access-date=July 11, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Scholtes |first1=Jennifer |last2=Emma |first2=Caitlin | url=https://www.politico.com/news/2024/02/05/biden-bipartisan-immigration-deal-00139558 | title=Detention and that border 'shutdown': What's really in Biden's bipartisan immigration deal | newspaper=[[Politico]] | date=February 5, 2024 |access-date=July 11, 2024}}</ref> In addition, the bill would have mandated the detention of migrants seeking asylum and undergoing asylum interviews, with those failing the process repatriated to their home countries.<ref>{{cite web |last=Tsirkin |first=Julie | url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/does-new-immigration-bill-5000-illegal-border-crossings-per-day-rcna136656 | title=The bipartisan border deal would not allow 5,000 illegal crossings per day, despite what Trump says | website=[[NBC News]] | date=January 31, 2024 |access-date=July 11, 2024}}</ref> While not addressing the status of "[[Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals|Dreamers]]", it would have changed immigration law to allow the children of those with [[H-1B visas]] to get work authorizations and freeze their legal ages while waiting for green cards, rather than face deportation once they turn 21, and provide additional funding for immigration judges.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kapur |first1=Sahil |last2=Wong |first2=Scott |last3=Tsirkin |first3=Julie |last4=Ainsley |first4=Julia | url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/new-immigration-asylum-reform-bill-released-senate-text-rcna136602 | title=Senators unveil bipartisan bill to impose tougher asylum and border laws | agency=[[NBC News]] | date=February 4, 2024 |access-date=July 11, 2024}}</ref>

Former president Donald Trump announced his opposition to the legislation, calling on Congressional Republicans to oppose it; subsequently, leaders such as [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives|Speaker of the House]] [[Mike Johnson]] announced their opposition, halting further legislative action.<ref>{{cite news |last=Groves |first=Stephen | url=https://apnews.com/article/congress-border-security-ukraine-058876834b48bacf5b3678b067d8dd9a | title=Biden urges Congress to embrace border bill. But House speaker suggests it may be 'dead on arrival' | work=[[Associated Press News]] | date=January 26, 2024 |access-date=July 11, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Shabad |first1=Rebecca |last2=Kapur |first2=Sahil | url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/biden-urge-congress-pass-bipartisan-border-security-bill-republicans-n-rcna137483 | title=Biden urges Congress to pass bipartisan immigration bill, says Republicans are 'caving' to Trump's demands |agency=[[NBC News]] | date=February 6, 2024 |access-date=July 11, 2024}}</ref> As a result of continued high immigration levels throughout his tenure, some lawmakers and pundits have criticized Biden's handling of the southern border.<ref>{{cite web|last=Narea |first=Nicole |url=https://www.vox.com/politics/24153132/us-border-crisis-mexico-migrant-immigration-asylum |title=America's misunderstood border crisis, in 8 charts |website=Vox |date=June 3, 2024 |access-date=July 7, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Bryant |first1=Christa Case |last2=Babcock |first2=Caitlin |url=https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2024/0416/biden-trump-immigration-border-crossings |title=How Biden and Trump compare on border crossings and immigration |work=The Christian Science Monitor |date=April 16, 2024 |access-date=July 7, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Saad |first=Lydia |url=https://news.gallup.com/poll/610322/immigration-leads-reasons-biden-detractors-disapprove.aspx |title=Immigration Leads Reasons Biden's Detractors Disapprove |publisher=Gallup, Inc. |date=February 14, 2024 |access-date=July 7, 2024}}</ref> Criticism of the bill and broader immigration policy continued to be expressed by both sides, with some liberals considering his policies too harsh while some conservatives considered them too lax.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Debusmann |first=Bernd Jr. |date=May 17, 2024 |title=How Joe Biden and Donald Trump's border policies compare |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65574725 |access-date=July 8, 2024 |publisher=BBC News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last1=Miroff |first1=Nick |last2=Sacchetti |first2=Maria |last3=Frostenson |first3=Sarah |date=February 11, 2024 |title=Trump vs. Biden on immigration: 12 charts comparing U.S. border security |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2024/02/11/trump-biden-immigration-border-compared/ |access-date=July 8, 2024 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref> On January 17, 2024, a Republican-led non-binding resolution denouncing the Biden-Harris administration's handling of the U.S. southern border passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 225–187, with 211 Republicans and 14 Democrats supporting it.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Adragna |first1=Anthony |title=14 Dems vote with GOP as House condemns Biden handling of southern border |url=https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/01/17/congress/house-gop-biden-border-rebuke-dems-00136221 |newspaper=Politico |access-date=January 18, 2025 |date=January 17, 2024}}</ref> In the final year of his presidency, the Biden administration worked to extend at least 14 contracts with private prison companies to run immigrant detention centers, despite his 2020 campaign promise to end the practice.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Olivares |first=José |date=December 5, 2024 |title=Revealed: Biden lays groundwork to expand immigration jails as Trump readies for office |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/05/biden-immigration-jails-trump-mass-deportation-plan |access-date=December 5, 2024 |newspaper=The Guardian |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> In June 2024, Biden issued an [[A Proclamation on Securing the Border|executive order]] allowing the president to restrict the Mexico–U.S. border.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/04/us/politics/biden-executive-order-border-asylum.html |title=Biden Issues Executive Order to Temporarily Seal the Border to Asylum Seekers |date=June 4, 2024 |last1=Kanno-Youngs |first1=Zolan |last2=Aleaziz |first2=Hamed |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=June 4, 2024}}</ref><ref name="cbs-border-crossings" />