The Ministry of Land Security warned that the US threat environment would continue to be “high” next year, and warned that immigrants with “terrorism” have contributed to that level.
“It is expected that some individuals and some criminals related to terrorism will continue to enter the United States by exploring the flow of immigrants and complex border security environments for the next year.” The ministry warned of the 2025 mainland threat evaluation.
He added, “An individual who can connect with terrorism is trying to enter the mainland from the border between the United States and Mexico, the United States and Canada, and on the mainland management system.”
By July of the 2024 fiscal year, 422 people registered in the Federal Terrorist Inspection Dataset encountered the authorities to enter the United States through the border north or south.
The terrorist surveillance list includes “a person who is directly involved in terrorism activities or may support terrorism, and a known person who is registered in a monitoring list such as family”. There is.
The US Taxation Border Security Bureau encountered 283 on the monitoring list on the US and Canada border by July, and about 139 on the border between the United States and Mexico.
According to threat evaluation, “immigration encounters on borders have decreased in the past year, but large amounts of immigrants have arrived, complicing borders and immigrants.”
The document also stated that the number of cases in which immigrants are encountered on the northern border is increasing.
“Migrant encounters along the U.S.-Canada border continue to increase, with the number of migrant encounters from August 2024 on The number of cases exceeded 181,000,” the report said.
“In contrast to the border between the United States and Mexico, many people encounters on the monitoring list along the US and Canada border, and most of these people are in Canada. He has a target status, “said the report.
Encounters with immigrants from Eastern Hemisphere countries where Islamic extremist terrorism is more widespread decreased slightly from 2023 and decreased from 10 % to 9 % of the overall encounters, but “but the percentage of encounters is still” the percentage of encounters. 2023 higher than before the fiscal year. ”
What was not included in the threat evaluation An abominable discovery of DHS Inspection General ReportIn this report, which was announced on Monday, immigrants are allowed to enter the United States without ID, and it is impossible to decide whether they are on terrorism list. It turned out that.
In a 2023 review, DHS IG observed 13 % of immigrants in two immigration locations (Nogares and California, California) allowed self -declaration of background information.
“[N]Both CBP and ICE have not been able to identify how many of the millions of non -nationals who wish to enter the United States have entered the United States and have accepted their self -reported background information. He pointed out that immigration officers do not need to grasp personal information. Whether the immigrant presented an ID card when requesting entry.
“[N]Either of the CBP or ICE has a comprehensive risk assessment to these non -nationals, evaluating the level of risks indicated by these individuals, and developed corresponding reduction measures. ” Ta.
The DHS IG has a risk in domestic aviation if the immigration is allowed to enter the country without ID because the Transport Security Bureau staff cannot ensure that the person on the terrorist monitoring list is allowed to enter the airplane. I warned you.
The report states that “TSA methods that inspect threats are not necessarily hindering boarding of these people on airplanes.”
The annual threat evaluation aims to provide information to both the people, federal, states, and local DHS partners for potential threats to public safety and security, and as a result, in the next year, “in the mainland in the mainland. It turned out that the threat environment of terrorism is still high.
DHS stated that “violent extremists responding to the 2024 election cycle” and “foreign violent extremists” that perform attacks in response to the intensifying tension in the Middle East. .
According to the report, foreign terrorist organizations ISIS and al -Qaeda “maintains the permanent intention of executing or inducing attacks in their homeland, and uses the Middle East conflict to reconfirm this intention.” .
The Ministry of State expects Iran to “continue to be the main supporters of terrorism and continue to promote conspiracy for personal and former US officials in the United States.”
Alejandro Mayorcas, the Secretary of the Land of Land Road, said in a statement, “The national land security evaluation provides an important outline of the dynamic and evolving threat, and how many and difficult threats we face. Is shown. ”
“We can deal with this issue and protect the safety of American people in close cooperation between DHS's excellent human resources and federal, regional, regional, quasi -state, and private sector partners. Thanks. ”
