The House Judiciary Committee yesterday released a report detailing how, among the 7.3 million illegal aliens who have entered the US during the Biden-Harris years, a full 375 were on the official terrorist watchlist. That represents a more than 3,000 percent increase of watchlisted alien encounters compared with all four years of the Trump administration.
In the years 2021-2023, a total of 250 illegals on the watchlist were encountered by the US Border Patrol. They hailed from countries such as Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon, Kyrgyzstan, Mauritania, Pakistan, Somalia, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkey, Uzbekistan, and Yemen. Of those, at least 99 were ultimately released in the country. An additional 34 remain in DHS custody but have not been removed. In 2024, in-migration from those countries remains high: so far this year, officials have encountered 2,134 Afghan nationals, 33,347 Chinese nationals, 541 Iranian nationals, 520 Syrian nationals, and 3,104 Uzbek nationals. How many of those are candidates for the watchlist, we don’t know, though in June agents arrested eight Tajikistanis linked to the Islamic State (ISIS).
The report concludes:
Although American communities already feel the disastrous effects of the Biden-Harris
Administration’s immigration policies, the worst could still be yet to come. With national security experts and immigration officials increasingly concerned about the threat of terrorism originating from the border, it is clear that policymakers must take all necessary steps to secure the border and stop the flow of illegal aliens. However, the Biden-Harris Administration has refused to address the national security nightmare created by its radical, open-borders agenda. The Biden-Harris Administration continues to prioritize illegal aliens—including hundreds on the terrorist watchlist and many more from terrorist-sympathizing countries—over the safety and security of the American people.
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