Headline Roundup • August 7th, 2024
House Judiciary Report Says Biden Admin Admitted 99 Migrants on Terror Watchlist to US
Summary from the AllSides News Team
A Congressional report released on Monday claimed 99 unauthorized migrants on the terror watch list were released into the U.S. by the Biden administration between 2021 and 2023.
The Details: The report, released by the Republican-led House Judiciary Committee, claimed during this time Border Patrol encountered 250 total migrants on the terror list, and that the Department of Homeland Security has 34 others in custody. Immigration judges reportedly granted bond to at least 27 people on the list, and asylum to four.
For Context: The committee includes Republican Representatives Jim Jordan (R-OH) and Matt Gaetz (R-FL), among others and said it released the report “to inform legislative reforms to secure the border and stop the Biden-Harris Administration's destruction of our national security.”
How The Media Covered It: The story was widely covered by the right, but as of Wednesday afternoon, AllSides has not found coverage from the left.
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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...
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U.S. Border Patrol encountered over 250 migrants who were on the terrorist watchlist over a two-year stretch, with at least 99 of them released into the country, according to a Congressional report released Monday.
The claims have been made by the Republican-led House Judiciary Committee in a new report, which blames the Biden administration for allowing suspected terrorists from three dozen countries into the U.S.
"While national security officials alert Americans about potential terrorist threats, Biden-Harris Administration officials continue to downplay the national security nightmare created by the border crisis," the Judiciary Committee report said.
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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...
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