Opinion: Undocumented immigrants are streaming across our border — how many are terrorists?
The Biden-Harris administration’s actions on immigration have been “akin to posting a flashing ‘Come In, We’re Open’ sign on the southern border,” according to U.S. District Court Judge T. Kent Wetherell.
Is he right?
Illegal border crossings have reached the highest level in the Border Patrol’s 100-year history, averaging 2 million per year. The administration has released more than 5.4 million illegal crossers into the U.S.; in addition, there were 1.9 million reported “gotaways,” a statutory term that refers to migrants who are directly or indirectly observed making an unlawful entry but were not apprehended or turned back.
Illegal crossings have gone down in recent months, but the reduction is due primarily to assistance from the Mexican government, pursuant to a deal between the U.S. and Mexico made at the end of December 2023. The reduction isn’t likely to last, since the deal did not require the administration to stop doing the things that caused the border crisis, which will continue to be a magnet for illegal immigration. The failed Senate border bill would not have done anything about that either.
Amid all those illegal entries — and those are just the ones we know about — how many are terrorists? According to an Aug. 5, 2024, report from the House Judiciary Committee, the Border Patrol has apprehended 375 undocumented migrants on the Terrorist Watchlist since the beginning of the Biden presidency. People on the watch list are known to be or are reasonably suspected of being involved in terrorist activities. The administration has released 99 of them into the U.S.
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