• On Thursday, top officials from the Biden administration and the Mexican government met to discuss border security and tout progress on curtailing human smuggling, drug trafficking, and illegal arms sales across the U.S. southern border.
• The Biden administration continues to emphasize that it is prioritizing addressing the “root causes” of the ongoing border crisis.
• Americans haven’t seen evidence that this approach is working, as border crossings and overdose deaths remain at record highs.
• Further, the number of illegal immigrants deported from the U.S. has been nearly seven times lower during the first half of the Biden administration compared to the same period in the Obama administration.

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