{"id":2150722,"date":"2024-01-16T16:11:02","date_gmt":"2024-01-16T21:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-committees-release-joint-report-highlighting-cbp-testimony\/"},"modified":"2024-01-16T16:15:19","modified_gmt":"2024-01-16T21:15:19","slug":"house-committees-release-joint-report-highlighting-cbp-testimony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-committees-release-joint-report-highlighting-cbp-testimony\/","title":{"rendered":"House Committee Releases Report on CBP Testimony"},"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\">14<\/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%2Fhouse-committees-release-joint-report-highlighting-cbp-testimony%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=2150722&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--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Migrants cross the Bravo river seen from the Mexican\u2063 side \u2062of \u200cthe \u200dUS-Mexico border in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua state, Mexico, on March 29, 2023. (Photo by Guillermo Arias \/ AFP) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/taylor-tinsley\">Taylor Tinsley<\/a><br \/>1:10\u200b PM \u2013 \u200dTuesday,\u200b January 16, 2024<\/h2>\n<p>In a joint report, the\u2062 House Committee\u2019s on Oversight and Homeland\u200d Security highlighted Border\u2064 Patrol testimony from agents facing the \u2064crisis at the southern border head on.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>The committees\u2064 published their <a href=\"https:\/\/oversight.house.gov\/release\/joint-committee-staff-report-highlights-border-patrol-testimony-on-how-to-secure-u-s-southern-border%EF%BF%BC\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">report<\/a><strong> <\/strong>on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The document reads\u2063 that unprecedented levels of illegal crossings\u2064 \u201chave \u200dled to chaos, misery and \u200bdeath.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Key takeaways that lawmakers pointed out included how\u2064 Chief Patrol\u200d agents said strong consequences are needed to deter\u200b people \u200dfrom \u200dentering the country illegally.<\/p>\n<p>Agents were\u200c also cited explaining how the border barrier \u2063system is helpful, along\u2062 with their concern with\u200c the increase of illegal crossers\u2064 from \u201cnontraditional\u201d countries and those with a record of\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/previously-deported-convicted-rapist-boarded-afghan-evacuation-flight-landed-in-u-s-report\/\" title=\"Previously Deported Convicted Rapist Boarded Afghan Evacuation Flight, Landed In U.S.: Report\">potential terrorist ties<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The report noted that in Fiscal\u200b Year (FY) 2023 \u200cBorder Patrol agents encountered 169 individuals with \u2063derogatory information\u200b in the\u2062 Terrorist Screening Database (TSDB), compared to 98 in \u200bFY 2022 and \u206415 in FY 021.<\/p>\n<p>The committee\u2019s said those \u2063numbers have \u201crisen rapidly \u200bsince Biden \u200dtook office\u201d and \u200dcompared them \u2062to those apprehended since President Trump\u2019s time at the White\u2062 House, of three in FY 2020, zero in FY 2019, six in FY 2018 and two in FY 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Agents were also recorded citing \u2063concern of the individuals in the \u200dgot-away population who have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-jeopardized-national-security-by-calling-verified-hunter-biden-evidence-disinformation-whistleblowers-say\/\" title=\"FBI Jeopardized National Security By Calling Verified Hunter Biden Evidence \u2018Disinformation,\u2019 Whistleblowers Say\">derogatory information related<\/a> to\u2062 terrorism.<\/p>\n<p>As for a rise in \u201cnontraditional\u201d border crossings, \u200dthe report highlighted Border Patrol apprehension data from October of 2021 to 2023.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Afghanistan nationals \u2013 6,386<\/li>\n<li>Egyptian nationals \u2013 3.153<\/li>\n<li>Iranian \u2062nationals \u2062\u2013 659<\/li>\n<li>Syrian \u200dnationals \u2013 538<\/li>\n<li>Uzbekistani\u2064 nationals \u2013 13,624<\/li>\n<li>Turkish\u2062 nationals \u2013 30,830<\/li>\n<li>Pakistani nationals \u2013 1,613<\/li>\n<li>Lebanese \u200bnationals \u2013 164<\/li>\n<li>Jordanian nationals \u2013 185<\/li>\n<li>Yemeni nationals \u2013 139<\/li>\n<li>Iraqi nationals \u2013 123<\/li>\n<li>Mauritanian nationals \u2013 15,594<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Agents also\u2062 cited an increase in illegal crossings from \u201cother nontraditional countries, such as the People\u2019s Republic of China, India, and Senegal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In \u200caddition to \u201cnontraditional\u201d crossings, lawmakers asserted that the Biden Administrations policies have increased demand for the cartel\u2019s \u200cdrug and\u200b human smuggling and trafficking operations.<\/p>\n<p>A Chief Patrol Agent estimated that Transnational Criminal Organizations (TCOs) in\u2064 the Del Rio Sector are earning more than $30 million from human smuggling and trafficking operations.<\/p>\n<p>House Oversight Committee Chairman Representative James Comer (R-Ky.) said the Biden Administration has failed to provide agents with the adequate tools to secure the border and that \u201cfundamental \u200dchange\u201d from\u2063 the White House is \u200cnecessary. <\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking news blasts directly to your inbox for free. \u2063Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"rc-widget-10bad2\" data-rc-widget data-widget-host=\"habitat\" data-endpoint=\"\/\/trends.revcontent.com\" data-widget-id=\"278641\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\" style=\"margin-bottom:10px\"> \t\t \t\t\u2064 \t\tShare this post!\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with \u2063Ed Martin<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Dr. Jeff Barke<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with C.J. Maxwell<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Dr. Dave Brat<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Tesla\u00a0CEO Elon\u200c Musk said he would be uncomfortable growing the automaker to be a\u2064 leader in AI and robotics without\u200d having at least 25% voting control of the company.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Google is set to go before a\u2063 federal jury in Boston \u2064on Tuesday over accusations that its \u200bprocessors infringe a computer scientist\u2019s patents.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>OpenAI and its financial backer Microsoft were sued \u2064in Manhattan federal court by\u2063 a pair of nonfiction authors who say the companies misused their \u2064work to train the AI\u200d models behind \u200cAI-based services.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>SpaceX sued a U.S. labor board to block its case accusing the company of illegally firing employees calling CEO Elon Musk \u201ca distraction and embarrassment.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> \u2064 What are the main takeaways\u2062 from\u200b the testimony of\u2063 Chief \u200bPatrol agents regarding the crisis at the southern border?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Migrants Cross \u2062the\u200d Bravo River: A \u2064Report on\u2063 the Crisis at the Southern Border<\/p>\n<p>In a recent joint \u200breport by the House Committee&#8217;s on Oversight and Homeland Security, the issue of illegal crossings at the southern border\u200c has been brought into\u2062 sharp focus. The report, published\u2064 on Tuesday, highlights the testimony of Border Patrol\u200b agents who are on the frontlines of this crisis.<\/p>\n<p>According to the report, unprecedented levels\u2064 of illegal\u2064 crossings have\u2063 resulted in\u2062 chaos, misery, and even \u200cdeath. Lawmakers have pointed \u200cout \u200dseveral key takeaways from the testimony of Chief Patrol agents. One of \u200cthe main points emphasized\u2064 is the need for strong consequences to \u200bdeter individuals from entering\u2062 the country illegally.<\/p>\n<p>The report also highlights the effectiveness of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-cancels-numerous-border-wall-contracts-as-u-s-faces-historic-illegal-immigration-surge\/\" title=\"Biden Admin Cancels Numerous Border Wall Contracts As U.S. Faces Historic Illegal Immigration Surge\">border barrier system<\/a>, as mentioned by agents. Furthermore, concerns have been\u2063 raised\u2064 about the increase\u200d in\u2063 illegal crossers from &#8220;nontraditional&#8221; countries and those with potential terrorist ties.<\/p>\n<p>In Fiscal Year\u2064 (FY) 2023, Border Patrol agents encountered 169 individuals with\u200b derogatory information in the Terrorist Screening Database (TSDB). This marks a\u200b significant increase compared to previous years. The report compares these numbers with\u200d those apprehended during\u200c President\u200c Trump&#8217;s time\u200c at \u200bthe \u2064White House.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, agents expressed concerns about \u2064individuals in \u200cthe &#8220;got-away&#8221; population who have derogatory information related\u200b to terrorism.<\/p>\n<p>The report also \u200dsheds light on the rise\u2062 in &#8220;nontraditional&#8221; border crossings. From October\u2063 2021 to 2023, the following nationals were apprehended by Border Patrol: 6,386 Afghanistan nationals, 3,153 Egyptian nationals, 659\u2062 Iranian nationals, 538 Syrian\u2064 nationals, 13,624 Uzbekistani nationals,\u2062 30,830\u2062 Turkish\u2064 nationals, 1,613 Pakistani nationals, 164 Lebanese nationals, 185 Jordanian \u200cnationals,\u2062 139\u2064 Yemeni\u2063 nationals, 123 Iraqi nationals, and 15,594 Mauritanian nationals.<\/p>\n<p>Agents also cited an increase in illegal crossings from other nontraditional countries like China, India, and \u2063Senegal.<\/p>\n<p>Lawmakers assert that\u200b the Biden Administration&#8217;s policies have contributed to an increase in demand for cartel drug, human smuggling, \u2063and trafficking operations. \u2063This has further exacerbated the crisis at the \u200bsouthern \u200dborder.<\/p>\n<p>The joint report by \u2063the House \u200bCommittee&#8217;s on Oversight and Homeland Security sheds light on the \u200dchallenges faced by Border Patrol\u200b agents\u2062 at the southern border. It\u2062 highlights the need for \u200dstrong consequences to deter illegal crossings and raises concerns about individuals\u200d with potential terrorist ties entering\u200c the country.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the report underscores\u200d the increase in &#8220;nontraditional&#8221; border crossings and the\u2062 impact\u2062 of\u200c the Biden Administration&#8217;s \u200cpolicies on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mexican-capo-ovidio-guzman-extradited-to-us-in-win-on-fentanyl-war\/\" title=\"Mexican drug lord Ovidio Guzman extradited to US, a victory in the fight against fentanyl.\">criminal organizations involved<\/a> in drug and\u200b human \u2063smuggling. The findings of this report call for immediate attention\u2062 and action to address the crisis\u200d at the \u2062southern border.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Migrants cross the Bravo river at the US-Mexico border in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. A joint report by the House Committee&#8217;s on Oversight and Homeland Security emphasized Border Patrol testimony. 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