Fact Checking President Biden’s Claims on Immigration

During the first press conference of his presidency on Thursday, President Joe Biden claimed, “If you take a look at the number of people are coming, the vast majority, the overwhelming majority of people coming to the border and crossing are being sent back, are being sent back” and, “We’re sending back the vast majority of the families that are coming.”

In February 2021—the first full month of the Biden administration and the only month with data available thus far—Border Patrol and Customs and Border Protection Office of Field Operations...