One-Third Flagged by Terror Watchlist Freed Under Biden; Top-Secret Data Hides Dangers; Scathing Report Reveals Biden-Harris Admin Has Released Dozens of Migrants On Terror Watchlist Into US

One-third flagged by terror watchlist freed under Biden; top-secret data hides dangers:

The Biden administration has caught and released at least 99 illegal immigrants whose identities matched the terrorism watch list, according to a congressional report Monday.

They were caught by the Border Patrol along the southern border from 2021 through 2023 and were subsequently released as part of the Biden administration’s more relaxed approach to immigration, the House Judiciary Committee said.

Another 34 illegal immigrants flagged by the watchlist were still being held as of June.

Since the start of fiscal 2021, Border Patrol agents at the southern border have detected 375 people whose names triggered the watchlist, including 282 from 2021 through 2023. That indicates that more than one-third of terrorism watchlist migrants are being released.

Those encountered spanned 36 countries, including the terror hot spots of Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Somalia, Syria, Tajikistan and Yemen.

At least 27 of the terrorism suspects were granted bond by an immigration judge, and four were granted asylum, the House report said. Investigators said most immigration judges don’t have access to top-secret information, meaning they may not even know the dangers presented by migrants appearing before them and asking for release.

“Releasing terrorists into the United States has become almost routine for the Biden-Harris administration,” said the report, prepared by the Republican staff of the House Judiciary Committee and released by Chairman Jim Jordan, Ohio Republican.

The number of terrorism suspects detected has been known, but what happened to them has been closely guarded by the Biden administration.

Republicans on Capitol Hill have been pressing to make the data public. The report says the data came from the Homeland Security Department in June.

The Washington Times has reached out to the department for comment.

In testimony on Capitol Hill, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has acknowledged that some are being released and others detained. —>READ MORE HERE

Scathing report reveals Biden-Harris admin has released dozens of migrants on terror watchlist into US:

The report was issued by House Judiciary Committee Republicans

Nearly 100 illegal immigrants on the terror watch list have been released into the United States during the Biden administration, while Border Patrol agents have encountered migrants on the watch list from dozens of different countries, a new House report is revealing.

“Under the Biden-Harris Administration, of the more than 250 illegal aliens on the terrorist watchlist who were encountered by Border Patrol at the southwest border between fiscal years 2021 and 2023, DHS has released into American communities at least 99, with at least 34 others in DHS custody but not yet removed from the United States,” the report by Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee, a copy of which was first obtained by Fox News Digital, says.

The staff interim report also found that immigration judges granted bond to at least 27 migrants on the watchlist who entered illegally, and that Border Patrol has encountered tens of thousands of migrants from countries that could present national security risks – including 2,134 Afghan nationals, 33,347 Chinese nationals, 541 Iranian nationals, 520 Syrian nationals, and 3,104 Uzbek nationals.

“That does not include the untold numbers of potential terrorists that evaded Border Patrol to enter the United States as part of nearly 2 million ‘gotaways’ since the beginning of the Biden-Harris Administration,” the report says.

The report, citing information provided to committee staff in June, also found that Border Patrol had encountered migrants on the terror watchlist from 36 different countries — including places with active terror presences. Those countries include Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon, Pakistan, Somalia, Syria, Tajikistan and Yemen.

The Terrorist Screening Dataset (TSDS) contains sensitive information on terrorist identities. It initially contained only known or suspected terrorists (KSTs) but now also includes additional individuals who represent a “potential threat to the United States, including known affiliates of watchlisted individuals.” —>READ MORE HERE

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