Terror Related Encounters Surged at US Southern Border in Fiscal Year 2026: Study

Terrorism-Related Encounters Surge at Southwest Border

Analyst says the statistic counterintuitively shows a secure border.

Terrorism-Related Encounters Surge at Southwest Ports as Illegal Border Crossings Plunge

A new Center for Immigration Studies analysis says terrorism-related encounters at Southwest ports of entry more than tripled during the first 11 months of fiscal ... The post Terrorism-Related Encounters Surge at Southwest Ports as Illegal Border Crossings Plunge first appeared on [your]NEWS.

Terror-Related Encounters Surged at U.S. Southern Border in Fiscal Year 2026: Study

A new Center for Immigration Studies analysis released Monday showed that United States' Customs and Border Protection officials saw a surge in terrorism related encounters at Southwest ports of entry in the first 11 months of fiscal year 2026. The CIS report noted that CBP recorded more than 11,250 terrorism-related encounters at Southwest ports through the first 11 months of FY 2026, compared with just over 3,700 in fiscal year 2025 and 103 in…

Terror related encounters surged at US Southern border in fiscal year 2026: Study

The CIS report noted that CBP recorded more than 11,250 terrorism-related encounters at Southwest ports through the first 11 months of FY 2026, compared with just over 3,700 in FY 2025 and 103 in FY 2021.