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.