Analyst Urges Trump to Appoint Border Commission on 8 Million Crossings

1 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jul 24

A new commentary calls on President Donald Trump to create a presidential commission to investigate the "Biden Border Crisis" before his term ends in January 2029.
At least 8 million foreign nationals entered through the Southwest border over 45 months from January 2021 to January 2025, and the author argues a formal inquiry is needed to build a public record and prevent a repeat.
The case for a commission rests on claims that Biden officials obscured the scale, costs and policy drivers of the surge, while lawmakers, reporters and think tanks struggled to obtain records and data.
Congress is portrayed as too divided to launch a bipartisan inquiry, so the piece points to past presidential and congressional commissions—more than 170 since 1989 in Congress alone—as the most workable model.
The broader argument is that documenting the episode could shape future border policy and settle competing narratives about an event the author says influenced the 2024 election.