Were there 169 'terror watchlist' arrests at the US southern border in 2023?
Posted on AllSides February 21st, 2024
From The Center
FACT CHECK
In fiscal year 2023, U.S. Customs and Border Protection reported 169 encounters with individuals identified as “potential matches” in its Terrorist Screening Dataset at the U.S.- Mexico border. AllSides highlights content from Gigafact, a network of newsrooms that respond to online claims. View this fact brief on El Paso Matters.