Afghan National on Terror Watchlist Arrested at Southern Border: San Diego Supervisor

Construction workers build a secondary border wall in Otay Mesa, Calif., on Feb. 22, 2019. Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images

U.S. Border Patrol officials recently apprehended an Afghan national who is on the FBI’s terror watchlist after he crossed the U.S. southern border into California.

Republican San Diego County District 5 Supervisor Jim Desmond revealed the Afghan national’s arrest in a press release on Sunday evening. According to Desmond, the Afghan national crossed the border near Otay Mesa on Wednesday along with a group of other illegal border crossers.