People who are on terrorist watch list have been “encountered” at the border with Mexico. Also special interest aliens- that may not be the term used..but close. Anyway the number is not big and impressive, and since they were either refused entry or apprehended they committed no terrorist acts here so the left is saying no proof they are/were terrorists. Usual parsing of words, truth is there is no proof they were not terrorists. The big issue is no one knows how many on terrorist watch list or those that we might have a special interest in actually came across the border and were not “encountered” by Border Patrol or Customs. No one has ever claimed that Border Patrol and/or Customs “encounter” every single person that attempts to cross the border. If that were true we would have the border 100% secure which is impossible.
So the truth of how many terrorists, suspected terrorists, possible terrorists have crossed or attempted to cross this border is unknown by anyone. Even one is too many. For those that disagree, how many is an acceptable number?
I don’t know if it is true but read an article a few minutes ago that said President Trump is backing off of saying that terrorists enter America via the Southern Border. I hope he is not backtracking, let the left prove it isn’t happening, or let them name a number of suspected terrorists that is acceptable to allow to cross the border.
As long as our border is not secure we have no idea whatsoever who is entering and what their purpose is. That is the truth, and that is the problem.
I agree and like you I hope he isn’t backing off.