{"id":678630,"date":"2021-08-24T05:05:49","date_gmt":"2021-08-24T09:05:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=678630"},"modified":"2021-08-24T05:05:50","modified_gmt":"2021-08-24T09:05:50","slug":"dhs-braces-for-terror-threat-on-southern-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dhs-braces-for-terror-threat-on-southern-border\/","title":{"rendered":"DHS Braces for Terror Threat on Southern Border"},"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\">16<\/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%2Fdhs-braces-for-terror-threat-on-southern-border%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=678630&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 readability=\"30.085981308411\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"article-category\"><a class href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/\">National Security<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"article-excerpt\">National security officials fear newly freed Afghan terrorists may exploit border crisis<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-thumbnail-container relative lg:mr-24 w-full my-4 mb-8\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"736\" height=\"491\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Border-patrol-736x491-1.jpeg\" class=\"w-full lazyload blur-up wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/s4.freebeacon.com\/up\/2021\/08\/Border-patrol-scaled-e1628262286964.jpeg 736w, https:\/\/s4.freebeacon.com\/up\/2021\/08\/Border-patrol-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/s4.freebeacon.com\/up\/2021\/08\/Border-patrol-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/s4.freebeacon.com\/up\/2021\/08\/Border-patrol-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/s4.freebeacon.com\/up\/2021\/08\/Border-patrol-1536x1025.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/s4.freebeacon.com\/up\/2021\/08\/Border-patrol-2048x1366.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/s4.freebeacon.com\/up\/2021\/08\/Border-patrol-1400x934.jpeg 1400w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><figcaption class=\"absolute text-white p-4 w-full text-right text-xs bottom-0 bg-black opacity-75\">\n\t\t\t\tLA JOYA, TEXAS &#8211; APRIL 10: A U.S. Border Patrol agent takes the names of Central American immigrants near the U.S.-Mexico border on April 10, 2021 in La Joya, Texas. A surge of immigrants crossing into the United States, including record numbers of children, continues along the southern border. (Photo by John Moore\/Getty Images)\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t\t\t<span class=\"text-gray text-xs md:text-lg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/author\/joseph-simonson\/\" title=\"Posts by Joseph Simonson\" class=\"author url fn text-red-700\" rel=\"author\">Joseph Simonson<\/a> \u2022 August 24, 2021 5:00 am<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div readability=\"95.53555431131\">\n<p><span>The Taliban&#8217;s release of prisoners throughout Afghanistan poses a security threat on the U.S.-Mexico border, according to senior Department of Homeland Security officials and national security experts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Taliban freed thousands of prisoners, many of whom either worked directly with or had ties to al Qaeda and ISIS, when it captured Bagram Air Base on Aug. 15. Afghan soldiers surrendered the base with virtually no resistance, leaving U.S. intelligence officials with little ability to track suspected terrorists. The crisis at the southern border could prove an inviting target for terrorists, according to the DHS official, who requested anonymity to speak candidly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;We\u2019ve always been surprised by the countries of origin we see individuals coming from along our southwest border. It\u2019s more than likely some Afghans will arrive now as well,&#8221; the official told the <\/span><i><span>Washington Free Beacon<\/span><\/i><span>. &#8220;It\u2019s definitely a national security threat, and the strain of forces currently along the border would make it more likely that some would slip through illegally.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The intelligence community warned the administration about terror threats at the southern border just weeks after President Joe Biden announced the planned withdrawal from Afghanistan. National security officials warned the White House in a classified memo, first reported by the <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/intel-community-warns-biden-of-terror-threat-at-mexican-border\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Free Beacon<\/em><\/a><\/span><span>, that<\/span> border patrol officers had arrested two Yemeni nationals on the terrorist watch list as they attempted to cross into the United States from Mexico. One of the two men was also on the FBI\u2019s no-fly list. Their names have not been released to the public.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration did not respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p><span>Senators from both parties pressed Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Gen. Mark Milley on whether the Pentagon would change its terror assessment of Afghanistan following the collapse of the U.S.-backed government. The two acknowledged their report to Congress in June\u2014that Afghanistan contained only a &#8220;medium&#8221; risk of terror groups\u2014was likely obsolete.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Individuals who had worked on assessing terror threats at the southern border told the <\/span><i><span>Free Beacon <\/span><\/i><span>that the surge of migrants has left border patrol officers ill-equipped to face the new terror challenge. Former Immigration and Customs Enforcement chief of staff Jon Feere said the record-setting influx of illegal border crossings will only exacerbate the threat.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;When it comes to cross-border illegal immigration that goes undetected, there is obviously no background check taking place,&#8221; Feere, who now works at the Center for Immigration Studies, said. &#8220;Customs and Border Protection apprehended foreign nationals from countries across the globe and that means there are likely many aliens from problematic countries getting past the border patrol already.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Border patrol agents already complain about a lack of resources to adequately police the southern border. Biden administration officials have also come to acknowledge the strain. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas privately told border agents, &#8220;If our borders are the first line of defense, we&#8217;re going to lose and this is unsustainable,&#8221; according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/mayorkas-leaked-audio-border\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">leaked audio<\/a> of his remarks.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>More migrants were recorded crossing into the country in July\u2014212,000\u2014than at any point in the last 21 years. Illegal crossings jumped 13 percent from June, which previously held the 21-year record.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National Security National security officials fear newly freed Afghan terrorists may exploit border crisis  LA JOYA, TEXAS &#8211; APRIL 10: A U.S. Border Patrol agent takes &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":1888377,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-678630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678630","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\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=678630"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678630\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1888377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=678630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=678630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=678630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}