23 Jan, 2023 20:55
Huge spike in terrorist suspects caught entering US
Border Patrol apprehended more people in one month than in the four years of Donald Trump’s presidency
In the government’s latest fiscal year, which ended on September 30, 98 suspected terrorists were caught while trying to cross the southern US border, up more than sixfold from the preceding 12 months.
Since President Joe Biden took office in January 2021, about 150 people in the US terrorist screening database have been apprehended at the border. By comparison, there were 14 such arrests during former president Donald Trump’s four years in office – fewer than the 17 caught last month alone.
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