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Number Of Illegal Migrants Caught On Terror Watchlist On Pace To Hit New Record

Number Of Illegal Migrants Caught On Terror Watchlist On Pace To Hit New Record Jennie Taer on December 22, 2023 The number of illegal migrants on the terror watchlist caught by Border Patrol in the first two months of the new fiscal year puts 2024 on pace to hit a new record, according to Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data updated Friday. Border Patrol has recorded a total of 31 illegal migrants whose names appeared on the terror watchlist so far in fiscal year 2024, 13 of which were caught in October, according to the data. Border Patrol recorded 172 encounters of migrants

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Feds See 75% Jump In Arrests Of Illegal Aliens On Terror Watchlist

Feds See 75% Jump In Arrests Of Illegal Aliens On Terror Watchlist Katelynn Richardson on October 21, 2023 The number of arrests made of illegal aliens on the terror watchlist has increased 75% since last year, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection data. Border patrol encounters with illegal aliens on the watchlist at the southern and northern border jumped from 98 in 2022 to 172 in 2023, CBP’s data for the fiscal year shows. In 2019, there were zero apprehensions at the southern border, versus 98 in 2022 and 169 in 2023. Last month also saw the highest number

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151 Illegal Migrants On Terror Watchlist In Less Than A Year, How Many Made it to NYC?

Jennie Taer on September 22, 2023 NEW YORK, NY – How many illegal migrants that made it through the border are on the terror watchlist? How many of those made it to New York City? The answer is, nobody really knows for sure. Border Patrol arrested 151 illegal migrants whose names appeared on the national terrorism watchlist between October 2022 and August, according to federal data updated Friday. Border Patrol nabbed 98 individuals whose names appeared on the terror watchlist in all of fiscal year 2022, according to the data. Additionally, in fiscal year 2019, Border Patrol had zero apprehensions

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Border Patrol Sees Massive Surge In Illegal Migrants On Terror Watchlist

Border Patrol Sees Massive Surge In Illegal Migrants On Terror Watchlist Jennie Taer on July 19, 2023 Border Patrol has arrested 143 illegal migrants on the terror watchlist in fiscal year 2023, surpassing 2022’s total by roughly 25%, according to federal data updated Tuesday. In all of fiscal year 2022, Border Patrol nabbed 98 individuals whose names appeared on the terror watchlist, according to the data. The data include both southern and northern border apprehensions of individuals on the terror watchlist. In June alone, Border Patrol agents apprehended 16 illegal migrants on the terror watchlist, 15 of whom were caught

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Border Agents Accidentally Let A Migrant On The Terror Watchlist Enter The US

Border Agents Accidentally Let A Migrant On The Terror Watchlist Enter The US Erinn Broadus on July 5, 2023 U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) released a migrant on the terrorist watchlist due to ineffective practices within the department, a new report found. On April 17, 2022, officials screened a migrant in Yuma, Arizona, and determined he was not a terrorist threat; additional screenings days later at Palm Springs International Airport indicated otherwise. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) was only able to apprehend the migrant two weeks after the discovery due to internal complications with their removal operations branch, the

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Border Patrol Has Already Nabbed 127 Illegal Migrants On The Terror Watchlist This Fiscal Year, Up Nearly 30% From 2022

Border Patrol Has Already Nabbed 127 Illegal Migrants On The Terror Watchlist This Fiscal Year, Up Nearly 30% From 2022 Jennie Taer on June 20, 2023 Border Patrol arrested 127 illegal migrants whose names appeared on the terror watchlist between October 2022 and May, a nearly 30% increase from all of fiscal year 2022, according to updated U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data. Border agents captured 27 migrants in April alone, when the Trump-era expulsion order known as Title 42 ended, whose names were on the terror watchlist, according to the data, which CBP updated Tuesday. Border Patrol encountered

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Arrests Of Migrants On Terror Watchlist Reaches Previous Year’s Total In Just 7 Months

Arrests Of Migrants On Terror Watchlist Reaches Previous Year’s Total In Just 7 Months Jennie Taer on May 17, 2023 Border Patrol arrests of migrants whose names appeared on the terror watchlist have already hit 98, the total number encountered in fiscal year 2022, in the first seven months of fiscal year 2023, according to federal data updated on Wednesday. The federal data accounts for encounters at both the southern and the northern borders. The increase in terrorist arrests at the border coincides with a 10% increase in migrant encounters by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) at the U.S.-Mexico

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Religious Freedom Commission Demands State Department Include Afghanistan On Watchlist

Religious Freedom Commission Demands State Department Include Afghanistan On Watchlist Kate Anderson on May 1, 2023 The State Department was criticized Monday for failing to include Afghanistan as a “country of particular concern,” according to a new report from the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF). The report cited a number of attacks against religious minorities and noted that “continued promises” from both the U.S. and Afghani governments to protect believers of different faiths had failed to materialize. In light of this, USCIRF called on the State Department to recognize the seriousness of the issue and include Afghanistan

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Border Agents Arrested Dozens Of People On The Terror Watchlist In Just Three Months

Border Agents Arrested Dozens Of People On The Terror Watchlist In Just Three Months Jennie Taer on January 23, 2023 Border Patrol agents arrested 38 individuals whose names were on the terror watchlist during a three-month period, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data. The apprehensions occurred during the months of October, November and December 2022, according to CBP data. The apprehensions come amid a surge in illegal migration at the southern border, with CBP recording an all-time high of more than 250,000 migrant encounters in the month of December alone. “What’s been happening at the border the

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FBI, NYPD Looking Into Internet History Of Machete Attacker Reportedly On Terrorism Watchlist

Kate Anderson on January 2, 2023 Police in New York City are investigating the online history of a 19-year-old man who attacked police with a machete during New Year’s Eve celebrations after learning he converted to Islam. According to a press conference held on Sunday, officers were attacked at around 10 p.m. on New Year’s Eve by Trevor Bickford of Wells, Maine, who was wielding a machete outside the security area for Times Square’s New Year’s Eve celebration. According to the New York Post, the NYPD and the FBI are investigating Bickford’s online history and phone after Mike Driscoll, FBI

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Border Agents Encountered 98 Migrants On Terror Watchlist In Past Year, Smashing Record

Border Agents Encountered 98 Migrants On Terror Watchlist In Past Year, Smashing Record Jennie Taer on October 24, 2022 Border Patrol agents encountered 98 illegal migrants, a record high, whose names were on the terror watchlist at the southern border in fiscal year 2022, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data. The terror watchlist numbers coincide with record numbers of migrant encounters at the U.S.-Mexico border. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) encountered an all-time high of nearly 2.3 million migrants at the southern border during the October 2021 to September 2022 time period. Border Patrol agents encountered

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Border Authorities Arrested 42 People On Terror Watchlist Under Biden, DHS Says

Border Authorities Arrested 42 People On Terror Watchlist Under Biden, DHS Says Jennie Taer on April 20, 2022 Border authorities apprehended 42 people whose names were on the U.S. terror watchlist since President Joe Biden took office, according to a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) response to a congressional inquiry obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation. The individuals attempted to enter the country illegally and were arrested by Border Patrol and Office of Field Operations authorities, according to the response. “Since January 20, 2021, the U.S. Border Patrol and the Office of Field Operations has arrested 42 subjects who

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