70 Migrants on Terrorist Watch Record Apprehended this 12 months After Crossing Border

Border Patrol brokers alongside the Mexican and Canadian borders apprehended 70 migrants who crossed between ports of entry thus far this fiscal yr. This compares to the record-shattering apprehensions final yr of 98 migrants on the FBI’s record for your complete FY22. The five-month whole additionally exceeds all 4 years of the Trump administration mixed.

A CBP Enforcement Statistics report printed by U.S. Customs and Border Safety reveals the apprehension of 70 migrants listed on the FBI’s Terrorist Screening Dataset (TSDS) watch record. The five-month whole included 69 apprehended alongside the southwest border with Mexico between October 1, 2022 and February 28, 2023. The remaining apprehension came about alongside the Canadian border with the U.S.

“TSDS watchlisted individuals encountered by the U.S. Border Patrol (USBP) after entering the country without inspection may be detained and removed, to the extent possible under CBP policy, or turned over to another government agency for subsequent detention or law enforcement action, as appropriate,” CBP officers reported. “The TSDS originated as the consolidated terrorist watchlist to house information on known or suspected terrorists (KSTs) but has evolved over the last decade to include additional individuals who represent a potential threat to the United States, including known affiliates of watchlisted individuals.”

The variety of migrants apprehended who seem on the TSDS watch record has grown exponentially throughout the Biden administration. Throughout the 4 years of the Trump administration, Border Patrol brokers apprehended a complete of 14 migrants who have been TSDS listed. The following yr, following adjustments made by the Biden administration to immigration and border safety insurance policies, that quantity jumped to 16 for a single yr. This was adopted by an enormous soar in FY22 to 98 TSDS migrant apprehensions.

This yr’s report displaying the apprehension of 70 TSDS-listed migrants in 5 months places the administration on tempo to shatter the file as soon as once more in FY23.

CBP officers assigned to the ports of entry alongside the southwest and Canadian borders additionally set a file in FY22 with 380 TSDS-listed migrants making an attempt to enter the U.S. Thus far this yr, CBP officers encountered 214 extra migrants on the terrorist watch record at border ports of entry.

Migrants on the TSDS watchlist are however a fraction of the variety of nationwide encounters with individuals on the identified or suspected terrorist record. In September 2016, Breitbart Texas’ Director Brandon Darby printed data from a leaked FBI database displaying that 7,712 potential terrorist encounters came about in a single yr.