Republicans Say Administration Redefined How Illegal Entries Are Reported After End of Title 42

Illegal aliens seeking asylum line up to be processed by U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents at a gap in the border fence near San Luis, Ariz., on Dec. 26, 2022. Rebecca Noble/AFP via Getty Images

Republicans say that after the end of Title 42, the Biden administration changed how illegal entries into the United States are reported to the American people.

During a June 6 hearing of the House Border Security and Enforcement Subcommittee—a satellite of the Homeland Security Committee—Chairman Clay Higgins (R-La.) said that immigration officials were changing the way illegal aliens entering the United States are counted in a way that’s “misleading by design.”