Chris Clem, a former Border Patrol agent in Arizona and Texas, says Americans should be 'alarmed' by the number of got-aways at the southern border.
on the FBI’s terrorism watch list in Fiscal Year 2023, but little is known publicly about the outcome of their cases.introduced a bill Wednesday that would require the Department of Homeland Security to keep Congress abreast of all encounters with migrants on the watch list in the 12 months ending Sept. 30.
The reported information would include updated tallies of individuals with records in the FBI’s “Terrorist Screening Data Set,” the official term for the watch list, who are caught at the border.Migrants who crossed the Rio Grande lined up to be processed by US Customs and Border Protection officers on September 23, 2023, in Eagle Pass, Texas.
Feds prevented over 160 people on terror watchlist from crossing US borders illegally — highest total ever recorded: DHS “While the trend of increased migration from South America is a major factor in these increased encounters, regardless of the cause, DHS is and always will work tirelessly to screen, vet, and prevent anyone who poses a threat from entering the country,” a department official told The Post., particularly after Israel was caught off guard by Hamas terrorists who crossed from Gaza and killed more than 1,400 people on Oct. 7, including at least 33 Americans.
“If an individual is determined to pose a potential threat to national security or public safety, in coordination with the Joint Terrorism Taskforce , we either deny admission, detain, remove, or refer them to other federal agencies for further vetting and prosecution as appropriate,” the official said.
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