{"id":1443449,"date":"2022-04-18T11:14:36","date_gmt":"2022-04-18T15:14:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1443449"},"modified":"2022-04-18T11:14:41","modified_gmt":"2022-04-18T15:14:41","slug":"cbp-data-border-patrol-stopped-23-people-in-terrorist-database-at-southern-border-in-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cbp-data-border-patrol-stopped-23-people-in-terrorist-database-at-southern-border-in-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"CBP Data: Border Patrol Stopped 23 People in Terrorist Database at Southern Border in 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcbp-data-border-patrol-stopped-23-people-in-terrorist-database-at-southern-border-in-2021%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1443449&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"speechkit-wrapper\" class=\"speechkit-wrapper\">\n<p><span class=\"label-bg\">NEW<\/span>You can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"speakable\"><strong>EXCLUSIVE<\/strong>: Border Patrol apprehended at least 23 people coming across the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/immigration\/border-security\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">southern border<\/a> whose names are on the terror watchlist in 2021, according to Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data obtained by Fox News.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Between Jan. 20 and Dec. 27, 2021, there were 23 encounters with individuals whose names matched on the Terrorist Screening Database (TSDB).<\/p>\n<p>Four were in the Rio Grande Valley Sector, 4 in Del Rio Sector, 3 in El Paso Sector, 2 in Tucson Sector, 2 in Yuma Sector, 4 in El Centro Sector and 4 in San Diego Sector. The information was provided to Fox News in response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request submitted in December.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/house-republicans-biden-admin-information-migrants-terrorist-database\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>HOUSE REPUBLICANS PUSH BIDEN ADMIN FOR INFORMATION ON MIGRANTS ON TERROR DATABASE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/640\/320\/GettyImages-1239949413.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Jan 23, 2022: A U.S. Border Patrol agent stands on a cliff looking for migrants that crossed the border wall between the U.S. and Mexico near the city of Sasabe, Arizona.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Jan 23, 2022: A U.S. Border Patrol agent stands on a cliff looking for migrants that crossed the border wall between the U.S. and Mexico near the city of Sasabe, Arizona.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">((Photo by Salwan Georges\/The Washington Post via Getty Images))<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Terrorist Screening Database (TSDB) contains information about the identities of those who are known or &#8220;reasonably suspected&#8221; of being involved in terrorist activities. Republicans lawmakers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/house-republicans-biden-admin-information-migrants-terrorist-database\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">have repeatedly<\/a> called for the number of those encountered at the border to be made public by the administration.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Reporting indicates that multiple individuals with terrorist ties have been recently apprehended after illegally crossing the border, and that such encounters may be increasing,&#8221; Reps. James Comer and John Katko, who serve as ranking members on the Oversight and Homeland Security committees respectively, wrote to DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/house-republicans-biden-admin-information-migrants-terrorist-database\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">last month<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The American people deserve to know whether President Biden\u2019s weak border policies are allowing terrorists to enter our homeland,&#8221; they said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/house-homeland-republicans-dhs-number-of-migrants-terror-database-public\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>HOUSE HOMELAND REPUBLICANS PUSH DHS ON WHY NUMBER OF MIGRANTS ON TERROR DATABASE IS NOT PUBLIC<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Former Border Patrol Chief Rodney Scott has repeatedly sounded the alarm over the number of TSDBs coming across the border, telling <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/border-patrol-chief-suspected-terrorists-coming-across-southern-border\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">fellow agents<\/a> last year that it was &#8220;at a level we have never seen before.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have terrorist threats we can\u2019t get into in this type of a forum but they are real,&#8221; he told Fox News\u2019 Bret Baier in October.<\/p>\n<p>The Republicans on the committees have also requested documents showing the number of TSDB-linked migrants in each Fiscal Year from 2016 to present, as well as information about their countries of origin.<\/p>\n<p>They also have requested any data estimating the number who have crossed the border but ultimately evaded Border Patrol.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/apps-products?pid=AppArticleLink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fox News reported earlier this month that over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/62000-illegal-immigrants-border-patrol-agents-march\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">62,000 illegal immigrants<\/a> evaded Border Patrol agents in March, averaging about 2,000 a day.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The numbers come as the Biden administration is yet again facing sky-high border numbers that are overwhelming agents and resources. According to a filing by CBP last week, agents encountered more than 212,000 migrants at the border in March, higher than any month last year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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