Rep. Pfluger Questions Mayorkas, Wray Over Whereabouts of Individuals on US Terror Watch List

Officials at the southern border arrested 169 people whose names matched those on the watch list from October 2022 to September 2023.

Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas testifies before the House Homeland Security Committee in Washington on Nov. 15, 2023. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

Rep. August Pfluger (R-Texas) questioned Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Christopher Wray on Nov. 15 over the current whereabouts of individuals who were on the federal government’s terror watch list.

Mr. Pfluger questioned the two during a Homeland Security Committee hearing where officials discussed and examined global threats to the U.S. homeland and America’s interests abroad.