JUDICIAL WATCH NEWS LINK 03/16/2021

 

Top Republican: Border Patrol caught people on terrorist watch list at U.S.-Mexico border Source: Just the News Rep. John Katko, ranking member of the House Homeland Security Committee, said during a trip to the southern border that U.S. Border Patrol has apprehended individuals who were on the terrorist watchlist. "Individuals that they have on the watchlist for terrorism are now starting to exploit the southern border." READ MORE

Background Notes from Judicial Watch

2019-06-11 As JW Exposed Years Ago, ISIS Fighter Affirms That Terrorists Enter U.S. Via Mexico Source: Judicial Watch Five years after a Judicial Watch investigation uncovered evidence of Islamic terrorists infiltrating the United States through Mexico, a captured ISIS fighter is providing details of a plot in which jihadists enter the country through the southern border to carry out an attack. READ MORE 2021-03-11 Number of Illegal Immigrants Arrested by ICE Drops More than 60% Source: Judicial Watch Predictably, the Biden administration’s disastrous immigration policies are having a detrimental impact on the U.S. even though they have only been in place for weeks. Last month the administration restricted ICE from making arrests by reducing agents’ enforcement priorities and forcing them to seek written permission from senior supervisors before arresting fugitives.  READ MORE 2019-01-11 Migrants from Terrorist Nations Try to Enter U.S. Via Mexico at Record Rates Source: Judicial Watch Federal agents along the southern border routinely encounter individuals from terrorist nations and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) considers them one of the top threats to the United States, according to a congressional report made public this month.  READ MORE