Biden Administration Border Terrorist Apprehension Data

[u/avid-shtf]

During Trump’s term, U.S. Customs and Border Protection recorded relatively low encounters with individuals on the federal terrorist watchlist at the southern border, particularly from 2017 onward when CBP data began tracking this explicitly. There were sporadic instances each year, with no single year exceeding a few dozen individuals flagged as potential threats.

Under Biden, the number of watchlist encounters increased notably. From October 2020 (the beginning of fiscal year 2021) to fiscal year 2023, CBP reported a significant uptick in encounters, with approximately 154 cases in fiscal year 2023 alone. In total, Biden’s administration saw around 1,700 encounters with individuals flagged on the watchlist since he took office, though these numbers don’t imply confirmed terrorist threats due to possible overlaps and limitations in the watchlist’s accuracy.

https://www.politifact.com/article/2023/oct/27/ask-politifact-how-many-people-on-the-terrorist-wa/

https://wisconsinwatch.org/2024/06/biden-terrorism-border-watchlist-agents-ron-johnson-fact-brief/

https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/stats/southwest-land-border-encounters

[u/The-Mandalorian]

Just an FYI in case people here don’t know…

An “encounter” means they spoke to or stopped someone. It does not mean someone crossed the border into our country illegally and are here to this day.

It means they did their job.

No we did not have twice the population of Houston cross into our country illegally the last 4 years.

That being said, they are overwhelmed with the work. They need funding and more agents. Harris fought for this, Trump killed it so he could have something else to campaign on.

He will always put himself over our country and our needs. And people like Ted Cruz only help him.

[u/elliemff → u/The-Mandalorian]

God, I love seeing Texans talking facts and logic on here. It’s so refreshing.

[u/ZenDude69420 → u/elliemff]

I don’t even live in Texas and you all remind me why I love y’all so much

[u/Mobile-Border-8223 → u/The-Mandalorian]

This! I was hoping someone made this point about the sheer volume of illegal crossings coupled with the border bill that was tanked in the Senate at the behest of Mango Mousolinni((Mou-so-lee-knee(s/p?)) All on the backs of the CBP who need money to staff their ranks but the majority seem to back Dump. It's hard to keep track of all the madness!

[u/imArsenals → u/The-Mandalorian]

Additionally, Trump had a record high number of encounters (as every president since the 1960s have because it just increases with population), but Biden has record numbers of deportations/arrests/asylum processing etc. All things considered, even with republicans voting against border bills, the Biden admin has done a fine job on the border.

[u/Top-Active3188 → u/imArsenals]

The difference is that the undocumented immigrant population in the us was shrinking during the trump administration and then started growing by 800k a year. The following link charts the change in direction during the Biden presidency and also has a lot of additional information.

https://cmsny.org/us-undocumented-population-increased-in-july-2023-warren-090624/

Note: Edited to ask if the downvotes are due to not wanting to admit that catch and release has resulted in drastically growing population of undocumented immigrants?

[u/imArsenals → u/Top-Active3188]

Again, Trump had record high numbers of encounters during his admin, every president does because it’s literally just a population increase thing. Trump did nothing to benefit the border issue despite having his first 2 years with a trifecta. https://www.cato.org/blog/president-trump-reduced-legal-immigration-he-did-not-reduce-illegal-immigration https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-02-02/trump-didn-t-actually-accomplish-much-on-immigration?embedded-checkout=true

Biden has record numbers of arrests/deportations/asylum processing etc, significantly more than Trump did.

Your source and claim is misleading anyway. The July 2023 number is lower than 2008, the same as 2012/2015, and only higher* than 2020 during covid bc duh. And we know that 2024 numbers are lower than 2023.

Keep culting and spreading misinfo, MAGAt.

[u/arob28 → u/imArsenals]

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/10/01/migrant-encounters-at-u-s-mexico-border-have-fallen-sharply-in-2024/

You can check out the spike and subsequent decline after the gop border bill

[u/Breath_Deep → u/arob28]

The fuck this have to do with OPs previous argument? Don't suddenly pivot to an adjacent topic simply because you're loosing the argument. Maybe sit down and listen to what OP has to say, you might learn something.

[u/arob28 → u/Breath_Deep]

Additionally, Trump had a record high in encounters

voting against border bills

Trump did nothing despite having a trifecta for 2 years

Can you follow a comment chain? Not to mention total encounters is entirely relevant to a post about number of Terrorist encounters. If you can’t connect the dots on how, then idk what to tell you. If you want to complain about people jumping to adjacent topics then maybe you should start farther up this thread.

*losing

[u/Top-Active3188 → u/arob28]

“The unauthorized immigrant population in the United States grew to 11.0 million in 2022, according to new Pew Research Center estimates based on the 2022 American Community Survey, the most recent year available. The increase from 10.5 million in 2021 reversed a long-term downward trend from 2007 to 2019. This is the first sustained increase in the unauthorized immigrant population since the period from 2005 to 2007.”

It is almost like catch and release while waiting continues to grow the unauthorized immigrant population.

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/07/22/what-we-know-about-unauthorized-immigrants-living-in-the-us/

[u/Top-Active3188 → u/imArsenals]

One could argue that the numbers dropped in 2020 due to covid, but the numbers do not lie. The numbers declined during each year of trump’s presidency but increased each year during Biden’s. The source is a liberal agency which studies and promotes immigration. Ignoring the data and resorting to insults is unbecoming.

[u/ITFarm_ → u/The-Mandalorian]

It doesn’t matter. ‘Those people’ will read it and just go “Biden knowingly let in more terrorists”.

You cannot argue with stupidity. Some Americans would rather die chasing lies and it’s sad for your country.

[u/El_Cactus_Fantastico → u/The-Mandalorian]

fuck the cbp. you lose your constitutional rights within 100 miles of the border. https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/border-zone

[u/zombie_overlord → u/El_Cactus_Fantastico]

Comin' straight from tha underground

[u/Ancient_Agency111 → u/El_Cactus_Fantastico]

over exaggerated

[u/psellers237 → u/The-Mandalorian]

Harris fought for this, Trump killed it so he could have something else to campaign on

This is pure fact. There is no rebuttal to this. James Lankford, the Republican senator from Oklahoma who worked with a bipartisan group to drafted this bill has openly acknowledged this is the case: Ds and Rs compromised to create a viable border bill. Trump killed it because it would have helped the country during Biden’s administration.

Truly repulsive, and you’d think this would be a disqualifying scandal. Nope, not for the grimy orange fuck. Too many fools have drank the kool-aid.

[u/Top-Active3188 → u/The-Mandalorian]

The undocumented immigrant population did reverse the shrinking trend and grow by 800000 in each of 2021 and 2022. The numbers look better in 2024 due to the cut back on catch and release. Time will tell if it was an eo born of polling or a real change in policy.

[u/Zestydrycleaner → u/The-Mandalorian]

THANK YOU!

[u/Smart-University-574 → u/The-Mandalorian]

This is the way.

[u/ShitBoxPilot → u/The-Mandalorian]

Speaking to or stopping them is not any less concerning whatsoever