The apprehensions occurred on Friday in the Tucson Sector of the United States Border Patrol shortly after the end of Title 42.
Border Patrol agents in a single border sector arrested five migrants later discovered to be on the FBI’s Terrorist Screening Database watch list. According to a source within Customs and Border Protection, not authorized to speak to the media, the migrants were referred to the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task for further investigation and identity confirmation.
The data includes migrants apprehended between October 2022 and March 2023. The migrants whose names are listed in the TSDB differ from migrants who are scrutinized as being from special interest countries.contains information related to specific individuals reasonably suspected to be involved in terrorism . A person’s name being listed in the TSDB triggers a reporting process that alerts the FBI to an encounter by the Border Patrol.
The FBI’s Terrorist Screening Center maintains the database and provides the information to several law enforcement agencies including the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Defense. The TSC does not confirm anyone’s status on the watchlist. According to the FBI, most people on the terrorism watchlist are not Americans and they have no known connection to the U.S.
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