Illegal Immigrant on Terror Watch List Released in US Due to ‘Multiple Mistakes,’ DHS Report Shows

A U.S. Border Patrol agent apprehends illegal aliens who have just crossed the Rio Grande from Mexico into Penitas, Texas, on March 21, 2019. Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch Times

The Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) discovered “multiple mistakes” that led to the release of an illegal immigrant whose name appeared on the FBI’s terror watch list.

In a June 28 report (pdf), the DHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) detailed the Yuma, Arizona, arrest of an illegal immigrant and their family on April 17, 2022, and the subsequent release of one of the individuals by Border Patrol two days later. The release took place after the FBI’s Terrorist Screening Center (TSC) determined the individual was an inconclusive match on the terror watch list.