Have extra terrorists entered the US prior to now three years than within the earlier 30?

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No accessible information helps former President Donald Trump’s declare that extra terrorists entered the U.S. throughout the Biden administration than within the earlier 30 years.

Public information on border agent encounters with individuals on the federal terrorist watchlist crossing the southwest border date again solely to 2017.

The watchlist accommodates identified or suspected terrorists and people “who characterize a possible menace.”

There have been 382 encounters from fiscal 2021 by way of Sept. 16, 2024 — up from 11 from fiscal 2017 by way of fiscal 2020.

However these have been individuals stopped making an attempt to enter, not allowed in.

Of the 230 foreign-born individuals accused of U.S. home terrorism from 1975 to 2023, solely 9 entered illegally together with three as youngsters, researcher Alex Nowrasteh of the libertarian Cato Institute suppose tank testified earlier than Congress Sept. 19. He famous 80% of home terrorists have been native-born.

The specter of terrorists coming into by way of the southwest border is “minuscule,” Nowrasteh testified.

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Sources

WAAY 31 Information: RAW VIDEO: Donald Trump speaks, takes questions in Milwaukee

Cato Institute: Past the Border: Terrorism and Homeland Safety Penalties of Unlawful Immigration

Google Docs: Adam Isacson e mail 10/9/24

Google Docs: Terrorist Screening Information Set Encounters as of Sept. 16, 2024

Wisconsin Watch: Has President Joe Biden ‘let in’ practically 1,700 with hyperlinks to terrorism?

U.S. Home of Representatives: Terror at Our Door: How the Biden-Harris Administration’s Open-Borders Insurance policies Undermine Nationwide Safety and Endanger People

Bloomberg Regulation: Terrorists Crossing the US Border? Rising Numbers Defined