Is the Biden Admin Failing to Remove Illegal Aliens on Terror Watch Lists?
Spencer Brown
May 19, 2023 1:15 PM
As a troubling number of illegal immigrants match identities of individuals on U.S. terrorist watch lists, there's been a curious change made to the policy explanation offered by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) as to what the Biden administration does with those suspected of ties to or terrorist activities.
In a new letter to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), a number of House Republicans in charge of relevant committees — Oversight, Homeland Security, and Judiciary — want to know why current DHS policy suggests there may be legal impediments to detaining or removing an individual whose name and information matches an individual in the Terrorist Screening Database (TSDB).
"According to DHS data, the number of aliens with derogatory information in the TSDB has risen rapidly in recent years," the lawmakers note in their letter to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. "So far in Fiscal Year 2023, U.S. Border Patrol (USBP) has already encountered 96 individuals with derogatory information in the TSDB, in addition to the 98 individuals encountered in Fiscal Year 2022, and 15 encountered in Fiscal Year 2021."
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/spencerbrown/2023/05/19/biden-admin-not-necessarily-removing-illegals-on-terror-watch-lists-n2623473
