50 Individuals on Terror Watchlist Caught Attempting to Cross US Border Illegally: CBP

It comes after a record 172 such encounters were recorded in fiscal year 2023.

Migrants who have crossed into the U.S. from Mexico in Eagle Pass, Texas, on Aug. 25, 2023, enter a Border Patrol vehicle to be taken to a processing facility. Suzanne Cordeiro/AFP via Getty Images

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has encountered 50 individuals on the FBI’s terror watchlist trying to illegally enter the United States so far in fiscal year 2024, which began in October 2023.

According to CBP statistics released on Jan. 26, there were 49 encounters with people who have records in the Terrorist Screening Dataset—also known as the “watchlist”—between ports of entry at the U.S. southern border.