(Daily Caller) Border Patrol agents arrested more illegal immigrants whose names appeared on the terror watchlist between October and January than in fiscal years 2017 through 2021 combined, according to Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data updated on Tuesday.
Border Patrol nabbed 59 illegal immigrants on the terror watchlist nationwide in the four-month span, according to federal data. Between fiscal year 2017 and 2021, Border Patrol nabbed 30 individuals whose names appeared on the watchlist.
Border Patrol apprehensions of terror watchlisted migrants hit 172 in fiscal year 2023 and 98 in fiscal year 2022.
The Daily Caller News Foundation has reported on an influx of terror watchlisted migrants illegally crossing the southern border.
