House Republicans' claim about 'known or suspected terrorists' at the border
The Trump administration often made false claims about this statistic, but Rep. Kevin McCarthy made a more limited claim.
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The Trump administration often made false claims about this statistic, but Rep. Kevin McCarthy made a more limited claim.
Border officials have now admitted that four people that have been arrested at the border in the last six months were on the terror watchlist: AXIOS – The Customs and Border Protection agency confirmed to Congress today that four people arrested at the southern border since Oct. 1 match names on the FBI’s Terrorist Screening Database, a congressional aide briefed on the correspondence told Axios. Three of the people arrested were from Yemen and one was from Serbia. The four arrests are more than the number of similar people taken into custody during recent full fiscal years, according to ...
U.S. Military Refuses to Call Border Situation 'Crisis,' Raises Terrorism Concerns On 3/17/21 at 7:16 AM EDT Military commanders have refused to weigh in on whether the current situation at the U.S. southern border constitutes a "crisis," instead focusing on the dire domestic conditions in Central American nations that are driving migration waves northwards. The commanders of the U.S. Northern Command and Southern Command told reporters at a joint briefing on Tuesday that the military is continuing to support President Joe Biden's efforts to bring a surge in migration under control, and raise...
Mar 17, 2021 Another component of the open border crisis is the potential for terrorists coming across the border. It’s a no brainer that these organization wishing to launch a terror attack here would exploit our porous borders. Axios reports that the Customs & Border Protection agency confirmed to Congress: “that four people arrested at the southern border since Oct. 1 match names on the FBI's Terrorist Screening Database… Three of the people arrested were from Yemen and one was from Serbia.” On Monday a group of congressional Republicans toured the border area near El Paso. “…p...
Fact-checking GOP claims that people on terror watch list are "rushing" the border CNN 3 days ago By Holmes Lybrand and Tara Subramaniam, CNN © Adrees Latif/Reuters Asylum seeking migrant mothers from Central America hold their children as they await transport after crossing the Rio Grande river into the United States from Mexico on a raft in La Joya, Texas, U.S., March 14, 2021. REUTERS/Adrees Latif Amid a significant increase in the number of migrants showing up at the US southern border, a group of Republican lawmakers spoke on Monday in El Paso, Texas, to criticize th...