Fox News host Sara Carter reveals 'fourth Iranian' on terror watchlist apprehended at US border
NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK: On Tuesday, October 17, Fox News correspondent Sara Carter took to X (formerly Twitter) to report on the capturing of the fourth Iranian on the terror watchlist at the US border.
This came after the Biden administration was blamed for poor border protection policies that allowed thousands of migrants to enter the United States.
Moreover, following the war in the Middle East after Hamas' attack on Israel, extremism is on the rise in the United States, and the Biden administration has issued warnings about potential lone-wolf attacks within the country, drawing parallels to the actions of Hamas terrorists.
Fox News’ Sara Carter on capturing of ‘fourth Iranian’
Fox News correspondent Sara Carter reported on X, “At least two Iranians on the terror watchlist apprehended in past two weeks alone.”
At least two Iranians on the terror watchlist apprehended in past two weeks alone https://t.co/SKDs6w7hjJ
— Sara A. Carter (@SaraCarterDC) October 17, 2023
Her tweet featured an article from her official website titled, “Fourth Iranian on terror watchlist caught at U.S. border over weekend.”
In the article, it was mentioned that in the last two weeks alone, US Customs and Border Protection has detained a minimum of four individuals of Iranian nationality at the border who are listed on the Terrorist Screening Database, as reported by The Daily Mail.
It was reported that the fourth Iranian on the terror watchlist was “caught trying to get into the US through the southern border over the weekend as the war between Israel and Tehran-backed terror group Hamas rages on. The man in his 40s is the fourth Iranian to be apprehended by customs officials since the start of October.”
Who is included under the ‘terror watchlist’?
Sara Carter’s article also highlighted the total number of illegal aliens on the terrorist watchlist captured in the last eleven months.
According to The Daily Signal reports from October 1, 2022, to August 31, 2023, “Customs and Border Protection reported encountering 151 illegal aliens on the terrorist watchlist between ports of entry on the southern border, plus 76 more at ports of entry.”
**BREAKING ** CBP sources confirm to FOX News at least 2 known instances of Iranians apprehended at the border hitting the TSDB (terrorist screening data base) “raising red flags that they could pose a significant security threat” in first two weeks of FY24 (Oct 1-14) @FoxNews
— Griff Jenkins (@GriffJenkins) October 16, 2023
Additionally, this figure does not account for an unspecified quantity of "gotaways," individuals who managed to evade Border Patrol agents and enter the US interior undetected.
As per CBP, the terrorist watchlist includes, “individuals who represent a potential threat to the United States, including known affiliates of watchlisted individuals.”