Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has announced that they’ve arrested 42 migrants trying to cross the southern border illegally that are on the terrorist watchlist, according to newly released from the CBP.
Being on the terrorist watchlist means that a person is ‘reasonably suspected’ of being involved in terrorist activities.
Thee newly released data shows that the 42 possible terrorist all attempted to cross in the time since Biden took office. This number does not include the number of possible terrorists that were able to get by border patrol agents who have been completely overwhelmed for the past year. About 2,000 illegal migrants a day were able to get past border agents in the month of March.
The latest information comes in response to an inquiry from 20 House Republicans led by Rep. Chip Roy out of Texas, which demanded the Department of Homeland Security to provide information about the border crisis, the letter saying,
“Due to the unprecedented nature of this crisis, it is dangerously irresponsible for your Department to not be as transparent as possible with the American people, the states of this union and the localities facing the frontline effects of this crisis.”
The lawmakers asked specifically for the number of illegal migrants who “are included on a list maintained by the Federal Government relating to terrorists or individuals prohibited from boarding a commercial aircraft.”
