Top U.S. military officials have acknowledged that Americans may be taken hostage in Hamas’ invasion of Israel.
Now comes an alarming report that a record number of suspected terrorists have crossed over into the United States during the border crisis.
Ben Bergquam of Real America’s Voice showed footage of “fighting age men” from the Middle East being apprehended at the southern border.
Thousands of “special interest aliens” from Middle Eastern countries have been apprehended by Border Patrol agents attempting to illegally cross the U.S. southern border over the past two years, according to Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data.
Fox News’ Bill Melugin provided the most recent data.
NEW: Internal CBP data provided & confirmed by CBP sources reveals thousands of “special interest aliens” from mostly Middle Eastern countries have been apprehended by Border Patrol while crossing into U.S. illegally over last 2 years.
Syria: 538
Yemen: 139
Iran: 659
Iraq: 123…
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) October 10, 2023
This data, obtained by Fox News, was confirmed by multiple CBP sources and reflects apprehensions between ports of entry between October 2021 and October 2023, indicates that agents encountered 6,386 nationals from Afghanistan, 3,153 nationals from Egypt, 659 nationals from