Summary: Roger Williams, the US House Representative for Texas District 25, which includes Willow Park, introduced HR 7733, the Identifying Potential Terrorist at the Border Act of 2024. The bill was introduced as more than 200 known or suspected terrorists (KSTs) have already been apprehended attempting to enter the country this fiscal year.
Latest Update: posted 02 April, 2024
Willow Park's US House Rep. Roger Williams introduced a bill to stop known or suspected terrorists from entering the US; more than 200 (KSTs) have already entered US this fiscal year.
Roger Williams, the US House Representative for Texas District 25, which includes Willow Park, introduced HR 7733, the Identifying Potential Terrorist at the Border Act of 2024. It would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to require U.S. Customs and Border Protection to “take into and maintain custody over an alien until the commissioner cross references the name of such alien with the terrorist screening database and a result for such cross reference is received by the commissioner.” [1]
The bill was introduced as more than 200 known or suspected terrorists (KSTs) have already been apprehended attempting to enter the country this fiscal year. [1]
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[1] New bill would require feds to screen border crossers against terror watch list, The Center Square,
Apprehended terrorists total more than 200 in fiscal 2024
A congressman from north Texas has introduced a bill that would require federal agents to screen everyone who enters the country illegally against the federal terrorist watch list.
The bill was introduced as more than 200 known or suspected terrorists (KSTs) have already been apprehended attempting to enter the country this fiscal year.
U.S. Rep. Roger Williams, a Republican whose district lies west and northwest of Fort Worth, introduced HR 7733, the Identifying Potential Terrorist at the Border Act of 2024. It would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to require U.S. Customs and Border Protection to “take into and maintain custody over an alien until the commissioner cross references the name of such alien with the terrorist screening database and a result for such cross reference is received by the commissioner.”
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The bill was introduced as more than 200 known or suspected terrorists (KSTs) have already been apprehended attempting to enter the country this fiscal year.
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The apprehension data excludes gotaways, which Border Patrol agents and others have warned inevitably includes KSTs. “Gotaways” is the official CBP term that refers to those who illegally enter the U.S. between ports of entry, don’t return to Mexico or Canada, and are not apprehended. An estimated two million have illegally entered since January 2021, The Center Square has reported. However, Border Patrol chiefs say this number is underreported by an estimated 20%.
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Earlier this month, Wray testified again before the Senate acknowledging that a smuggling organization working with the terrorist group ISIS is funneling criminals through the U.S. border. He said the FBI was investigating its operations that “we’re very concerned about.”
• Congressman Williams Introduces Legislation To Stop Terrorist Invasion At The Southern Border, Roger Williams Congress, Press Release, 20 March 2024
March 20, 2024
• DHS Continues to See High Risk of Foreign and Domestic Terrorism in 2024 Homeland Threat Assessment, US Department of Homeland Security, 14 September 2023
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