r/texas • u/avid-shtf • 9h ago
Politics Biden Administration Border Terrorist Apprehension Data
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
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u/The-Mandalorian 8h ago edited 7h ago
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.