Brace yourself for a jaw-dropping revelation from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) that raises serious questions about border security under former President Joe Biden’s watch.
According to Breitbart, over a span of four years, the Biden administration’s migration policies at the U.S.-Mexico border permitted roughly 18,000 known or suspected terrorists to enter the country, with many released into American communities, according to a bombshell report from the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC).
This staggering figure, detailed by NCTC Director Joe Kent in a briefing to Congress, stems from what critics call dangerously lax border controls.
Of the total, 16,000 individuals with ties to terrorist groups slipped through under various border policies, a number that should make any American pause.
Additionally, through the Biden administration’s Operation Allies Welcome—a program designed to resettle Afghan nationals—88,000 individuals were brought to the U.S., often without thorough vetting or face-to-face interviews.
Shockingly, 2,000 of those Afghans have since been flagged for connections to terrorist organizations, adding to the broader tally of 18,000 potential threats now living among us.
The human cost of these policies hit hard in Washington, D.C., where Rahmanullah Lakanwal, a 29-year-old Afghan resettled under Operation Allies Welcome, opened fire on National Guardsmen.
His attack claimed the life of 20-year-old Sarah Beckstrom and left 24-year-old Andrew Wolfe in critical condition, fighting for survival in a hospital bed.
This tragedy underscores the risks of prioritizing speed over security when resettling individuals from volatile regions.
Another chilling incident emerged last year in Oklahoma, where a 27-year-old Afghan, also brought here through the same program, was arrested for allegedly plotting a terrorist attack on Election Day. These cases aren’t just isolated blips—they point to a systemic failure in vetting processes that allowed dangerous individuals to walk among us.
As NCTC Director Joe Kent told Congress, “The number one threat that we have right now, in my view, is the fact that we don’t know who came into our country in the last four years of Biden’s open borders.”
Kent didn’t mince words, adding, “These are individuals, who, under normal circumstances, would never be allowed to enter our country because of their ties to Jihadist groups like ISIS and Al-Qaeda.”
Now, the NCTC, alongside the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the FBI, is scrambling to locate the 2,000 Afghans with terrorist ties from Operation Allies Welcome, as well as the additional 16,000 flagged individuals.
While this cleanup effort is underway, one can’t help but wonder why such risks were taken in the first place, especially when the safety of American communities hangs in the balance.