U.S. Border Patrol has seen a massive spike in southern border encounters with people on the U.S. terror watchlist between ports of entry, according to Customs and Border Protection statistics.
CBP personnel came across individuals on the watchlist 78 times in those areas between October and August, the data reveals. There have been more than 2 million migrant encounters on the southern border so far this fiscal year, a record-breaking surge.
CBP reported only 15 southern border encounters with people on the watchlist between ports of entry in fiscal year 2021. No such incidents were recorded in fiscal year 2019.
There’s been dramatically less coverage of the 78 illegals on the terror watchlist than the 48 illegals who spent a night at Martha’s Vineyard https://t.co/FN531qGLjm
— Vince Coglianese (@VinceCoglianese) September 20, 2022
President Joe Biden appointed Vice President Kamala Harris to address migration’s root causes early last year, and she did not visit the southern border until more than 90 days later.
Harris insisted in a “Meet the Press” interview released Sept. 11 that the border was “secure,” admitting, “We also have a broken immigration system and particular[ly] over the last four years before we came in and it needs to be fixed.”
Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz conceded under oath in late July that the southern border was in crisis. Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, said Sept. 9 that the border was not closed, arguing the administration was “not on the same page” when it claimed otherwise.
The White House and CBP did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s request for comment.
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