A House Judiciary Committee report revealed that nearly 100 illegal immigrants on the terror watchlist have been released into the United States under the Biden administration.
Thus far in fiscal year 2024, Border Patrol agents have 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,” according to the committee.
“While national security officials alert Americans about potential terrorist threats, Biden-Harris Administration officials continue to downplay the national security nightmare created by the border crisis,” the report reads, adding, “But the on-the-ground reality reflects serious—and potentially dangerous—flaws in the open-borders policies, as DHS has released into the country illegal aliens on the terrorist watchlist.”
“Under the Biden-Harris Administration, 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, DHS has released into American communities at least 99, with at least 34 others in DHS custody but not yet removed from the United States,” it adds.
The report notes that between fiscal years 2021 and 2023, Border Patrol agents encountered migrants from 36 different countries, including Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon, Kyrgyzstan, Mauritania, Pakistan, Somalia, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkey, Uzbekistan, and Yemen.
Within that same period, judges “granted bond to at least 27 aliens on the terrorist watchlist.” At least four additional illegal immigrants on the watchlist were granted asylum.
The Biden-Harris administration has “refused to address the national security nightmare created by its radical, open-borders agenda,” the report says, explaining that it has prioritized illegal immigrants “—over the safety and security of the American people.”
The report comes as eight Tajikistan nationals with ties to ISIS were recently apprehended at the southern border.
