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Tue, 03/16/2021 - 20:11 — legitgov Four people matching terror watchlist arrested at border | 16 March 2021 | 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 the source.

Earlier this week, House Republicans John Katko (R-NY) and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif) suggested that the US-Mexico border is being exploited by terrorists due to Biden's policies and alleged that those on the terror watchlist from Iran, Turkey, and Yemen were being caught at the border. While Representative Veronica Escobar (D-Texas) said that border agents made no mention of terrorism suspects coming across the border, the Customs and Border Protection agency confirmed to Congress that four people arrested at the southern border since October 1 match names on FBI's Terror...

“Republicans revive one of Trump’s most notorious immigration lies,” one Vox article stated. MSNBC alleged that McCarthy “may have gotten ahead of his talking points yesterday” and said that his comments left “reason for skepticism.” "That would be a rather extraordinary thing to lie about. We probably haven't heard the last of this one."https://t.co/VBKywme4qg “Democrats Call Bullsh-t on McCarthy’s Claim That Suspected Terrorists Have Been Caught at Mexico Border,” The Daily Beast said. Axios even claimed in its scoop that “Former President Trump and other conservatives...

Four people arrested at the southern border since Oct. 1 were on the FBI's Terrorist Screening Database.

Four people on the FBI's terror watch list - three from Yemen and one from Serbia - have been arrested at the US-Mexico border since October, CBP confirms The Customs and Border Protection agency confirmed the arrests to Congress on Tuesday, a congressional aide told Axios The names of the people apprehended were not released The source said three were from Yemen and the fourth was from Serbia The news came a day after House Republicans claimed that an unspecified number of migrants crossing the border had names on the terror watch list