But last year, when the border crisis was bad -- but not nearly as bad as it's gotten since -- he told NBC's Craig Melvin that his administration had "gotten control" of the situation at the Southern Border:BIDEN, more than a year ago: “We’ve now gotten control” at the southern border. As Julio mentioned yesterday, more than a year later, here's what border "control" looks like:Record-setting 239k+ apprehensions in May, less than half expelled. This does not count tens of thousands of known “got-aways.” An absolute disaster. Federal sources tell me there were more than 50,000 known gotaways in May alone, and there have been approximately 800,000 known gotaways since the beginning of FY’21. More:NEW: Per CBP sources, there have been 440,000 known gotaways at the border since FY’22 began on October 1st.

Source: Washington Post June 17, 2022 14:55 UTC