According to the latest data from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Border Patrol agents arrested 127 illegal immigrants whose names were on the terrorist watch list from October through May 2022, compared to the entire fiscal year 2022. increased by nearly 30%.
In April alone, when the Trump-era deportation order known as Title 42 ended, Border Patrol agents seized 27 immigrants whose names were on the terrorist watch list. according to Data updated by CBP on Tuesday.border guard encountered Three migrants were put on the watch list in 2019, three in 2020, 15 in 2021 and 98 in 2022. (Related: Exclusive: Romanians who entered the US illegally are suspected of committing crimes across the country)
BROWNSVILLE, TX – MAY 3: Two border patrol vehicles and a military-style Humvee are parked along the border wall near Texas Southmost University in Brownsville, Texas on May 3, 2023 . Two days ago, President Biden announced that he would be sending 1,500 active-duty military personnel to the U.S.-Mexico border as Title 42 is due to expire next week. (Photo credit: Michael Gonzalez/Getty Images)
“Those on the watch list are very rarely encountered at the border, highlighting the critical work that CBP personnel and personnel perform on the front lines every day. DHS is highly trained. “We are working tirelessly to secure our borders with a combination of trained personnel, ground and air surveillance systems, and robust intelligence and information sharing networks,” CBP said in a statement. website Number of such watch list arrests.
Of the 127 people on the watch list arrested by Border Patrol, 125 were arrested at the southern border with Mexico. Border Patrol officers captured the other two at the northern border with Canada.
Previously obtained internal CBP data showed a nearly 600% increase in the number of illegal immigrants whose country of origin is deemed “of special interest” to authorities because they pose a potential national security risk in FY2022. 25,627 people. Daily Caller News Foundation.
“Anyone who doesn’t think there’s a serious threat creeping into our country right now is naive,” former Border Patrol Commissioner Rodney Scott previously told the DCNF during an immigration arrest of “special concern.”
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