17 Individuals on FBI Terror Watch List Caught Attempting Entry at Southern Border:
A record number of individuals of interest on the watch list have also been attempting entry at U.S. ports of entry on either the northern or southern border.
Border Patrol officers in the month of November identified 17 individuals on the FBI’s terror watch list attempting to illegally enter the United States outside an established port of entry on the southern border.
The 17 were processed by law enforcement agents after crossing into the United States, according to Customs and Border Protection (CBP). There has been an increasing trend in the number of known terrorists found to be entering the U.S. southern border beyond ports of entry, with a record 169 individuals detected in Financial Year 2023.
A record number of individuals of interest on the watch list have also been attempting entry at U.S. ports of entry on either the northern or southern border, with 564 individuals detected at ports in FY 2023.
The 17 individuals last month add to 13 entries by individuals on the watch list caught outside a port of entry in October. Another 49 individuals were apprehended attempting entry at a U.S. port of entry since October for FY 2024.
The federal dataset maintained by the FBI’s Terrorist Screening Center includes the identifying information of known and suspected terrorists and terrorist groups, as well as the information of their affiliates.
“Encounters of watchlisted individuals at our borders are very uncommon, underscoring the critical work CBP Agents and Officers carry out every day on the frontlines,” the CBP website says. --->READ MORE HERE
‘They’re Already Here,’ Arizona Sheriff Says of Terrorists Coming Across the Border
There is growing concern in the U.S. over terrorists crossing America’s southern border and entering the country illegally, according to Pinal County, Arizona, Sheriff Mark Lamb. And after Hamas’ attack on Israel on Oct. 7, Lamb said some Americans asked, “Should we be concerned about Hamas coming in across our borders?”
But the reality, according to Lamb, is “they’re already here. The devil’s come in the back door. And now it’s a matter of whether we can identify who might pose a threat to America before they pose a threat to us.”
In fiscal year 2023, Customs and Border Protection encountered 736 illegal aliens who were listed on the U.S. Terrorist Screening Database, also referred to as the terrorist watchlist, including both at ports of entry and between the ports, according to CBP data.
Pinal County is about the same size as the state of Connecticut and is located 80 miles from the border of Mexico. The county’s Anti-Smuggling Unit and Aviation Unit are encountering illegal aliens daily, Lamb told The Daily Signal during a recent interview.
Lamb’s Anti-Smuggling Unit officers are the “last line of defense” to catch human and drug smugglers, he said, “before they get into Phoenix and ultimately spread throughout the country.”
From 2016 to 2020, Lamb said his office was “able to really work hand-in-hand with the Trump administration.”
“On the federal level, we had countless visits to the White House, we had a lot of meetings and phone calls with the [Department of Homeland Security] and [Homeland Security Investigations] and all of our partners at [Immigration and Customs Enforcement],” he said.
“There was so much work working in conjunction to fight this problem,” he said of his time serving as sheriff during the Trump administration, “which is why ultimately, because of local law enforcement and federal law enforcement working together, you saw the lowest number of apprehensions we had seen in decades.”
In 2020, the final full fiscal year of the Trump administration, CBP encountered 646,822 illegal aliens on America’s northern and southern borders. In fiscal year 2023, over 3.2 million illegal aliens were encountered on the nation’s borders, a record high. --->READ MORE HERE
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