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Chilling report reveals how many migrants on the terror watchlist have been released under Biden/Harris

August 6, 2024 | | Print Article

The House Judiciary Committee released a damning report showing that the Biden administration has allowed at least 99 illegal aliens on the terrorist watchlist to be released into American communities.

The interim report by the committee and its Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement was released Monday and showed how “of the more than 250 illegal aliens on the terrorist watchlist who were encountered by Border Patrol at the southwest border between fiscal years 2021 and 2023, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released nearly 100 of them,” according to a press release.

At least 34 others in DHS custody had not yet been deported, the report noted.

Between 2021 and 2023 under President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, the Border Patrol at the southwest border reportedly encountered those on the terror watchlist from 36 different countries “including places with an active terrorist presence such as Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon, Kyrgyzstan, Mauritania, Pakistan, Somalia, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkey, Uzbekistan, and Yemen.”

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“So far during fiscal year 2024, Border Patrol has encountered tens of thousands of illegal aliens nationwide from countries that could present national security risks, including 2,134 Afghan nationals, 33,347 Chinese nationals, 541 Iranian nationals, 520 Syrian nationals, and 3,104 Uzbek nationals,” the press release stated.

“In three-and-a-half years, the Biden-Harris Administration has released more than 5.4 million illegal aliens into the United States,1 with an additional at least 1.9 million known ‘gotaways’ escaping into the country,” the report summarized. “Among those more than 7.3 million illegal aliens are 375 illegal aliens on the U.S. government’s terrorist watchlist who have been apprehended by Border Patrol under President Biden’s and Vice President Harris’s watch.”

This, according to the report, is a “more than 3,000 percent increase of watchlisted alien encounters compared to all four years of the Trump Administration.”

The report found an alarming number of foreign nationals encountered at the border came from countries with potential national security risks, including 2,134 Afghans, 33,347 Chinese,  541 Iranians. 520 Syrians, and 3,104 Uzbeks.

“Of the eight Tajik nationals with potential ISIS ties that ICE arrested in June 2024, three were released into the country after using the Biden-Harris Administration’s CBP One phone application to schedule an appointment at a port of entry, four were initially encountered by Border Patrol while crossing the border, and one arrived at a port of entry without scheduling a CBP One app appointment,” the report stated.

A former senior ICE official told the Committee that Biden’s open-border policies make it more challenging for ICE to arrest national security threats in the U.S. In addition, the “loopholes” at the DHS and the nation’s immigration courts have exposed security failings where terrorists have sometimes been granted asylum or bond.

“Immigration judges granted bond to at least 27 aliens on the terrorist watchlist who were encountered between ports of entry at the southwest border between fiscal years 2021 and 2023,” the report found. “Additionally, immigration judges granted asylum to at least four watchlisted aliens, with at least two additional known or suspected terrorists having their cases terminated by an immigration judge.”

“Although American communities already feel the disastrous effects of the Biden-Harris Administration’s immigration policies, the worst could still be yet to come,” the report concluded.

“With national security experts and immigration officials increasingly concerned about the threat of terrorism originating from the border, it is clear that policymakers must take all necessary steps to secure the border and stop the flow of illegal aliens,” it continued. “However, the Biden-Harris Administration has refused to address the national security nightmare created by its radical, open-borders agenda. The Biden-Harris Administration continues to prioritize illegal aliens—including hundreds on the terrorist watchlist and many more from terrorist-sympathizing countries—over the safety and security of the American people.”

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