Politico has a Thursday story admitting that “Biden and his team are being proved wrong” on immigration, but the article never identifies what Biden got wrong exactly.

Sure, the article quotes tons of open-borders activists who blame the “economic crisis,” “natural disasters,” “extreme poverty,” “malnutrition,” “violence,” the “impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic,” “weather challenges,” “crime,” and “economic challenges” — but none of these are the right answer. None of these explain why border apprehensions started shooting upward as soon as Biden was sworn into office.