Illegal immigrants from Middle Eastern countries have been caught and arrested by Border Patrol agents on the United States-Mexico border since the start of the month, a cause for concern in light of the Hamas terror attack in Israel, according to a Republican senator.
Since the start of fiscal 2023 last October through August, Border Patrol agents on the U.S.-Mexico boundary have caught 151 non-U.S. citizens who, after being processed, were determined to be on the FBI's terror watch list for being a terrorist or affiliated with someone who was. — Steve Daines October 12, 2023 Daines said four men from Syria were arrested during his visit to McAllen, Texas, whom he stopped by to see during his visit to Border Patrol's adult processing center.