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Home Front: WoT
Two Yemeni men on the FBI's terror watchlist are arrested in California after illegally crossing the border just weeks after Republicans warned terrorists were entering from Mexico
2021-04-06
Photos of the wannabe jihadis can be seen at the link.
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Two Yemeni men on FBI's terror watchlist were arrested near the point of entry

  • One was stopped on January 29 and the other on March 30, both in California

  • Both were stopped by agents from El Centro Station in Calexico, California

  • Republicans have been warning that terrorists could try to enter via the border

  • Kevin McCarthy on March 15 said he was told of arrests from around the world

  • House minority leader said border agents told of detainees Yemen, Iran, Turkey

  • The U.S. does not release data on terror suspects arrested at the border

  • Analysts believe 6-20 are detained at U.S.-Mexico border every year
In January 2018, a joint report by the Homeland Security and Justice departments stated that Homeland Security had 2,554 'encounters' worldwide with people on a watch list who were trying to travel to the U.S.

Of them, 2,170 were trying to come by air, with 335 by land and the rest by sea.
Related:
Calexico: 2021-03-11 Illegal immigrants involved in deadly crash near US-Mexico border paid up to $10K each to be smuggled: report
Calexico: 2019-04-05 Syrian national apprehended trying to enter US illegally hiding in a train from Mexico
Calexico: 2019-03-31 US struggling with growing number of asylum seekers
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