One San Diego official is blasting the Biden Administration for the crisis at the southern border after an Afghan national on the terrorist watchlist managed to cross into the United States.
He was quickly apprehended.
“U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested the unidentified individual who made it across the U.S.-Mexico divide near Otay Mesa, California, on Wednesday, according to a report from Fox News national correspondent Bill Melugin. The report said that the FBI confirmed the match and was now in charge of the investigation,” The Daily Wire reports.
“This should serve as a stark reminder to President Biden and the Federal Government on the critical need for maintaining a strong border,” said Jim Desmond, Supervisor, San Diego County Board of Supervisors. “The open border policy has allowed fentanyl to pour into our country, asylum seekers to be human trafficked, and terrorists to attempt entry into our country.”
“The protection of our citizens, the preservation of national security, and the facilitation of safe and legal immigration should be a top priority for this administration, yet they have failed,” he added. “The presence of an individual on the terror watch list crossing our borders is a stark reminder of the failures of the Federal Government that are now being put on San Diegans and Americans.”
Fox News border correspondent Bill Melugin shared the story on Twitter: “Per multiple CBP sources, Border Patrol agents in San Diego sector arrested an Afghan national on the FBI’s terror watchlist after he crossed illegally w/ group of migrants near Otay Mesa, CA on Wednesday. I’m told FBI confirmed the match, & is leading investigation.”
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— Bill Melugin (@BillFOXLA) May 15, 2023
