EXCLUSIVE: Afghans, Syrians, Pakistanis Apprehended in West Texas near Border
DEL RIO, Texas — According to a source within Customs and Border Protection, migrants from Syria, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India were arrested Wednesday. Border Patrol agents encountered them after crossing the Rio Grande as they tried to elude apprehension in dense brush.
The incidents began early Wednesday when agents arrested a group of seven. Agents tracked footprints away from the Rio Grande, ultimately finding the migrants on a private ranch.
Four identified themselves as citizens of Afghanistan, two from India, and one from Pakistan. As the day unfolded, five more significant interest migrants were apprehended, raising the number of migrants from significant interest countries to 12 in a single day—including four Syrians.
Two of the migrants, an Afghan and Pakistani, according to the source, were previously detained in Mexico by immigration authorities. They managed to escape a Mexican Institute of Migration (INM) detention facility in Guadalupe, Nuevo Leon, last week.
The source says encountering significant interest migrants from such a wide variety of countries in one day is not normal. The source is concerned that reduced patrols caused by a significantly higher flow of migrants means some significant interest aliens may be successfully avoiding capture.
Since October 31, the source says 20 additional significant interest migrants have been encountered in the Del Rio Sector alone. These arrests included 16 citizens of Eritrea, 3 Uzbek nationals, and 1 Iranian.
The designation of special interest migrant is related to the travel pattern and conditions within the home country, rather than specific threats. According to DHS, the designation of special interest migrant is different than the designation of an individual migrant known or suspected of terrorism. The terms “Special Interest Migrant” and “Known or Suspected Terrorist” (KST) are not interchangeable.
As reported by Breitbart, the Border Patrol is facing a monumental increase in migrant traffic that is straining the agency’s ability to perform even the most basic patrol functions. Since the start of the Fiscal Year on October 1, more than 50,000 migrants have escaped apprehension nationwide.
The arrests of the significant interest migrants came on the day the Secretary of Homeland Security issued an updated National Terrorism Advisory System (NTAS) Bulletin. The bulletin addressed the current heightened threat environment across the United States as several holidays approach:
The Homeland continues to face a diverse and challenging threat environment as it approaches several religious holidays and associated mass gatherings that in the past have served as potential targets for acts of violence. These threats include those posed by individuals and small groups engaged in violence, including domestic violent extremists (DVEs) and those inspired or motivated by foreign terrorists and other malign foreign influences.
Further, foreign terrorist organizations and DVEs continue to attempt to inspire potential followers to conduct attacks in the United States, including by exploiting recent events in Afghanistan. As of November 10, 2021, DHS is not aware of an imminent and credible threat to a specific location in the United States.
Randy Clark is a 32-year veteran of the United States Border Patrol. Prior to his retirement, he served as the Division Chief for Law Enforcement Operations, directing operations for nine Border Patrol Stations within the Del Rio, Texas, Sector. Follow him on Twitter @RandyClarkBBTX.
EXCLUSIVE PHOTO: Cartel Attacks in Mexican Border State Follow Arrest of Cell Leader
Recent cartel attacks in the border state of Coahuila are believed to be direct responses to last month’s arrest of a cell leader from the Cartel Del Noreste faction of Los Zetas.
Known as “El Oso,” Jose Ramon Martinez Torres was dispatched to the border city of Piedras Negras with a cell of hitmen to target independent drug distributors and push out rivals, say Mexican federal law enforcement sources consulted by Breitbart Texas. For several weeks, El Oso and his men roamed the areas between Coahuila and Nuevo Leon to perform attacks on rivals and set ambush-style attacks on state police.
The CDN-Los Zetas gunmen routinely move between the remote dirt roads which make up the borders of Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, and Tamaulipas to carry out hit-and-run style attacks on authorities. After, the gunmen rush back to Tamaulipas and their stronghold in Nuevo Laredo.
State authorities captured El Oso and a large number of gunmen during operations in Piedras Negras in late October. Since then, state prosecutors have managed to hold him without bail on several murder charges. Coahuila has a history of judges mysteriously releasing cartel operators.
In the aftermath of El Oso’s arrest and initial court hearings, CDN-Los Zetas gunmen carried out an ambush on Coahuila state police forces, killing one officer and injuring six more.
In addition to the attacks on police, Coahuila officials linked El Oso to murders in Piedras Negras, just south of Eagle Pass, Texas. The Coahuila border has been used by criminal organizations to move large quantities of drugs and thousands of migrants into Texas largely due to the lack of physical barriers in the region.
Editor’s Note: Breitbart Texas traveled to Mexico City and the states of Tamaulipas, Coahuila, and Nuevo León to recruit citizen journalists willing to risk their lives and expose the cartels silencing their communities. The writers would face certain death at the hands of the various cartels that operate in those areas including the Gulf Cartel and Los Zetas if a pseudonym were not used. Breitbart Texas’ Cartel Chronicles are published in both English and in their original Spanish. This article was written by “J.M. Martinez” from Coahuila.
The data, shared with CNN, reveals that Biden’s efforts to boost naturalization rates ahead of the 2022 midterm elections and 2024 presidential election have worked.
Harvard/Harris Poll: Most U.S. Voters Say Biden is ‘Creating an Open Border’
President Joe Biden is “creating an open border” and encouraging illegal immigration to the United States with a series of executive orders, most American voters say.
The latest Harvard/Harris Poll, conducted in late October, reveals that voters believe immigration is the third most important issue facing the U.S. following the economy and the Chinese coronavirus.
A total of 54 percent of voters said Biden is “creating an open border” and 65 percent go as far as to say that Biden is actually encouraging illegal immigration to the U.S.
Likewise, an overwhelming majority of voters want Biden to reinstate policies imposed by former President Trump’s administration, such as the “Remain in Mexico” policy and cooperative asylum agreements, that he threw out after taking office in January.
For instance, more than 7-in-10 voters said illegal aliens “should be turned back to Mexico,” as Remain in Mexico had done. Less than 3-in-10 voters said illegal aliens should be released into the U.S. interior while awaiting immigration hearings.
The poll comes as more than two million illegal aliens crossed the U.S.-Mexico border in Fiscal Year 2021 — the highest level of illegal immigration ever in the nation’s history. Since January, estimates state that 500,000 to more than 600,000 illegal aliens have been released into the U.S. interior.
“The administration’s open borders policy is an unmitigated disaster,” Princeton Policy Advisors analyst Steven Kopits has written.
The survey online polled nearly 1,600 registered U.S. voters between October 26 to 28.
John Binder is a reporter for Breitbart News. Email him at jbinder@breitbart.com. Follow him on Twitter here.
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