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San Diego Border Patrol Agents Arrest Afghan National on FBI’s Terror Watchlist After Illegally Entering US
Edited by: TJVNews.com
Border Patrol agents arrested an Afghan national on the FBI’s terror watchlist after he crossed into the U.S. illegally Wednesday in California, multiple sources at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) told Fox News.
The Afghan national crossed the border with a group of migrants near Otay Mesa, California, the sources said. Border Patrol agents took the migrants to a processing station, where a fingerprint scan determined the Afghan was a match on the Terrorist Screening Database, Fox News reported. The FBI was then notified, confirmed the results, and began an investigation.
The arrested subject crossed the border a day prior to the end of Title 42 — a COVID-19 emergency policy that allowed border agents to turn away migrants. Fox News reported that thousands of migrants have flooded to the border since the policy expired.
Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., who represents the district where the arrest was made, told Fox News the Biden administration’s border policies attract terrorists.
“Biden’s open borders aren’t just a gateway to five million illegals, record human and child trafficking and the deadliest drug crisis in our history,” Issa said, as was reported by Fox News. “Biden’s reckless policy is also an open invitation to even the most wanted terrorists in the world to come to America. They know they’ll never have to leave. The nation knows what’s going on and this president has only begun to be held accountable for what he has done.”
Fox News also reported that Issa’s office said they confirmed the arrest of the suspected terrorist with their local CBP.
Agents have been encountering over 10,000 migrants a day since Monday, and there are no signs of that slowing down with the end of Title 42, which is expected to bring an even bigger wave with it, Fox News reported on Thursday. The memo noted the enormous numbers agents are encountering.
“For the past 7 days, USBP has averaged over 8,750 encounters per day. This is over double the average daily encounters of 4,284 in May of 2019, the highest month of the 2019 surge. Even with significant personnel along the SWB, a significant detention capacity, and interagency resources supporting the effort, this situation requires urgent action,” the memo states, according to the Fox News report.
The public health order has been used since March 2020 to expel over two million migrants due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Biden administration has told migrants that it will not be easier to enter the U.S. once the order drops as there will be stiffer penalties until Title 8. Parole is not a Title 8 authority.
