The Biden administration faces a serious security issue as a result of the prolonged border crisis as worries about possible terrorists taking advantage of the fragile circumstances to sneak into the US grow.
Alarming Customs and Border Protection information revealed in February that 16 people identified by the FBI as potential terror risks were detained while attempting to enter the United States illegally through Mexico.
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The fascinating encounters between agents and people on the terror watch list have increased recently, arousing interest in the borderlands of the United States, both north and south.
According to a startling number revealed by The New York Post, sixteen people on the terror watch list were arrested in February alone, bringing the total for Fiscal Year 2023 to a troubling total of sixty-nine.
The number of contacts along the southern border has continued to dramatically increase in FY23 and is on pace to surpass FY22’s record-breaking totals. Compared to the substantially fewer encounters in 2017–2020 and 2021, which had only eight and fifteen incidents, respectively, this dramatic increase is a long cry.
There is growing anticipation as it is anticipated that contacts with people from the Terrorism Screening Database in FY23 would surpass those in FY22. CBP officers have detained 214 people at border crossings throughout the northern and southern frontiers thus far this fiscal year. There is anticipation for what the remainder of FY23 may bring in comparison to the year’s total of 380 encounters from previous year and FY21’s low 157 encounters.
Concerns about prospective terrorists taking advantage of the crisis at the US border to enter the nation have caused much panic. There is intense pressure on the Biden administration to confront and lessen this potential threat.
“How concerned is President Biden about terrorists possibly trying to take advantage of gaps in the border to get in and kill Americans?” In 2021, Jen Psaki was questioned by Peter Doocy of FOX News after learning that two Yemeni terrorists had been captured.
In response, Psaki said that such occurrences were “very uncommon,” adding that “DHS works, not just at the border, but also with international partners to share intelligence and other information including to prevent individuals on certain watch-lists from entering the United States.”
