First time reader here: Great reporting! This is a layer I hadn’t considered at all, and I appreciate the comparable & verifiable statistics.

Question for you: Do you think your premise is weakened by the timeframe measured? Many conservatives would surely argue the red state statistics you cite were due to poor democrat leadership during Biden admin.

I’m even willing to point out that you don’t appear to address the reduction in border crossings when evaluating the Trump admin’s performance thus far. But I’d understand if that’s because undoing that progress would be easy to do for next admin.