More Caught Illegally Crossing Southern Border in Fiscal 2022 Than During Entire Trump Presidency
Terry Jeffrey
Mar 17, 2023
"Our top priority is to keep terrorists and their weapons from entering the United States."
So says the website of U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
The same webpage that makes this declaration includes a table that provides some relevant data for the fiscal years from 2017 to 2023. It lists how many individuals on the Terrorist Screening Dataset (commonly known as the terrorist watchlist) were encountered by the Border Patrol as they were trying to illegally sneak into the United States between the ports of entry on our southern border.
The Terrorist Screening Dataset, says the webpage, "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."
In fiscal 2017, when Donald Trump was inaugurated as president, the Border Patrol encountered just two individuals on the terrorist watchlist trying to sneak across the southern border between the ports of entry. In fiscal 2018, it encountered six. In fiscal 2019, it encountered none; and, in fiscal 2020, it encountered three.
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