Aaron Heitke, the former Chief Patrol official for U.S. Border Patrol in the San Diego Sector, has told the House Homeland Security Committee that the Biden-Harris government prohibited him from telling the public about a surge in potential terrorists entering the country.
“In San Diego, we had an exponential increase in Significant Interest Aliens [SIAs]. These are aliens with significant ties to terrorism,” he told lawmakers. Under the Donald Trump administration, his sector “averaged 10-15 SIAs per year”—but “once word was out that the border was far easier to cross, San Diego went to over 100 SIAs in 2022, way over 100 SIAs in 2023, and more than that this year.”
“At the time, I was told I could not release any information on this increase in SIAs or mention any of the arrests. The administration was trying to convince the public that there was no threat at the border,” Heitke revealed.
In April 2021, The National Pulse reported on U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) deleting a press release about the arrest of two illegals on the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) terror watch list. By July 2023, the U.S. had seen a ninefold increase in the number of officially reported terrorist apprehensions at the border since Joe Biden and Kamala Harris entered office.
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