Biden’s administration created an unprecedented border crisis. Since Inauguration Day 2021, over 10 million illegal migrants have crossed into the United States, forever altering the nation’s cultural, economic, and political landscape. Trump’s administration needs to reverse this course. Immigration expert Todd Bensman has a solution. He wrote in The American Mind that the only solution is a bipartisan truth commission to uncover the facts, assign blame, and prevent such a disaster from ever happening again.
For four years, the government lied. They said the border was secure and that there was no border crisis. This was false. President Biden and his allies in the media repeatedly dismissed evidence of chaos, from overcrowded detention facilities to the arrests of border-crossers with ties to terrorism. Their refusal to release information left Americans in the dark about the true costs of their policies, which have strained public services, bankrupted cities, and endangered national security.
Congressional requests for data were ignored. Freedom of Information Act filings went unanswered. Even as reports surfaced of violent attacks and counterterrorism stings involving illegal aliens, the administration remained silent. The American people deserve to know: How were these policies crafted? Where did the migrants go? Who benefitted from this debacle?
A truth commission is not merely a bureaucratic exercise. It is a moral imperative. Previous commissions, such as the 9/11 Commission, provided clarity in times of national crisis. A similar effort is needed to expose the full scale of this migration disaster and the administration’s role in facilitating it.
This is about more than assigning blame; it is about preserving the rule of law and protecting the sovereignty of our nation. Without accountability, we cannot secure the border, safeguard our communities, or ensure that future administrations cannot repeat the same reckless policies. The American people deserve nothing less.
