{"id":2242766,"date":"2024-05-12T08:56:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-12T12:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/terrorist-watch-list-apprehensions-at-northern-border-continue-to-break-records\/"},"modified":"2024-05-12T08:59:10","modified_gmt":"2024-05-12T12:59:10","slug":"terrorist-watch-list-apprehensions-at-northern-border-continue-to-break-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/terrorist-watch-list-apprehensions-at-northern-border-continue-to-break-records\/","title":{"rendered":"Record-breaking apprehensions on the northern border due to terrorist watch list monitoring"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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%2Fterrorist-watch-list-apprehensions-at-northern-border-continue-to-break-records%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=2242766&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>The northern border sees a surge \u200din\u200c apprehensions of \u2064known or suspected terrorists, outpacing the\u2062 southwest border. \u2062With 143 KSTs apprehended in the first six months\u2064 of fiscal 2024,\u2062 concerns rise over the \u200cexisting threat scenario. Former Border Patrol Chief Mark Morgan highlights \u2062the challenges and risks \u2062posed by this \u2063trend, emphasizing the need for\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mexican-governor-enhances-border-security-measures-after-agreement-with-texas-gov-abbott\/\" title=\"Mexican Governor Enhances Border Security Measures After Agreement With Texas Gov. Abbott\">enhanced border security measures<\/a>. The increase in known or suspected terrorists apprehended \u2063at the northern border, surpassing the southwest border,\u2062 raises\u2063 concerns. Former\u2062 Border Patrol Chief Mark Morgan stresses the importance of bolstering border security measures to address the risks posed by this trend.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>(The Center Square) \u2013 The number of known or suspected terrorists (KSTs) apprehended at the northern border in the first six months of fiscal 2024 continue to outpace those apprehended at the southwest border.<\/p>\n<p>There have been 143 KSTs apprehended at the northern border through the first six months of this fiscal year compared to 92 at the southwest border, according to the most recent CBP data.<\/p>\n<p>Those apprehended are known to law enforcement and in the national Terrorist Screening Dataset, a federal database that contains sensitive information on terrorist identities. It originated as a consolidated terrorist watchlist \u201cto house information on known or suspected terrorists but evolved over the last decade to include additional individuals who represent a potential threat to the United States, including known affiliates of watchlisted individuals,\u201d CBP explains.<\/p>\n<p>This is after the greatest number of foreign nationals were apprehended illegally entering through the northern border than at any time in U.S. history during the same time period, The Center Square reported.<\/p>\n<p>The greatest number of KSTs to ever be apprehended in U.S. history was at the northern border in fiscal 2023 of 484. The next greatest number to be apprehended in U.S. history was 313 at the northern border in fiscal 2022, according to CBP data.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, the greatest combined number of KSTs apprehended at both the northern and southerns borders was in fiscal 2023 of 736, The Center Square reported. The greatest number of KSTs have historically been apprehended at the northern border, outpacing those apprehended at the southwest border for years, The Center Square first reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe alarming conclusion from these numbers is every day we have individuals that are on the FBI terrorist watch list that could have an intention to harm our country and are entering every single day,\u201d former Border Patrol Chief Mark Morgan told The Center Square. \u201cIt\u2019s not if or when the threat tries to come to our country. We already know that\u2019s happening already. The threat is already here,\u201d he said, referring to the at least two million gotaways, those who illegally entered the country and evaded capture.<\/p>\n<p>While total illegal entries at the northern border are \u201cminuscule\u201d compared to the southwest border, \u201cthe threat is not,\u201d he said. \u201cWhile there are shortages of resources across the board, the northern border doesn\u2019t have the infrastructure, technology, personnel that the southwest border has. The northern border represents a threat.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In his 30-plus-year law enforcement career, Morgan also served as acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and acting commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection. He also served for 20 years with the FBI in multiple capacities, targeting organized crime, gangs, and counterterrorism operations, among others.<\/p>\n<p>Morgan was among a group of retired FBI counterintelligence officials to warn Congress in January that the presidents\u2019 border policies had facilitated a \u201csoft invasion\u201d into the U.S. of military-age men coming from terror-linked regions, China and Russia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt would be difficult to overstate the danger represented by the presence inside our borders of what is comparatively a multi-division army of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/retired-fbi-execs-to-congress-invasion-at-border-perilous-for-america\/\" title=\"Former FBI executives warn Congress: Border invasion poses grave danger to America\">young single adult males<\/a> from hostile nations and regions whose background, intent, or allegiance is completely unknown,\u201d they warned. \u201cThey include individuals encountered by border officials and then possibly released into the country, along with the shockingly high estimate of \u2018gotaways,\u2019 meaning those who have entered and evaded apprehension.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Of the more than 11 million foreign nationals who have illegally entered the U.S. since January 2021, the majority are single military age men, The Center Square has reported.<\/p>\n<p>Every year the numbers break previous records; this fiscal year is no different. More than 1.7 million foreign nationals illegally entered the U.S. in the first six months of fiscal 2024, the greatest number for this time period in U.S. history, The Center Square reported.<\/p>\n<p>Among them are individuals with ties to the terrorist group ISIS, FBI Director Christopher Wray warned earlier this year, after making repeated remarks about heightened terrorist threats since the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel.<\/p>\n<p>House Republicans have demanded answers from Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on how many KSTs have been released into the country.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. Rep. Roger Williams, R-Texas, introduced a bill to require federal agents to screen everyone who enters the country illegally against the terrorist watch list.<\/p>\n<p>Morgan praised the work of CBP and Border Patrol agents apprehending KSTs but also raised concerns about those who weren\u2019t being caught due to the sheer volume coming in and the fact that agents have been pulled away from their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-and-democrat-senators-join-forces-in-call-for-tiktok-crackdown\/\" title=\"Republican And Democrat Senators Join Forces In Call For TikTok Crackdown\">national security mandate<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery single day we have individuals on FBI terrorist watch list who are trying to come into the country,\u201d Morgan told The Center Square. \u201cIf you think we are catching everybody, you live in a dream world. If you think we are able to identify everyone on the watch list as well, that\u2019s not happening either.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow many on the watchlist that we\u2019ve apprehended who illegally came into the U.S. were released? How many have claimed asylum and we\u2019ve let them in?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCountless national security threats have gotten by us, and they are in the United States. We know nothing about them, where they are at, or what they are planning to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the first half of fiscal 2024, 143 known or suspected terrorists were apprehended at the northern border, surpassing southwest border figures<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2242767,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24064863794930-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2242766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24064863794930-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2242766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2242766"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2242766\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2242767"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2242766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2242766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2242766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}