a person with included in the watch list terrorist Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) He was detained on 10 May after crossing a group of immigrants, from the northern border to the United States From Tijuana, Mexico, Baja California.
Regarding this fact, Baja California governor Marina del Pilar Ávila told local media on Tuesday that US authorities had confirmed the arrest, but neither the FBI nor Mexican immigration authorities had given him “details about the person.” and entry into Mexican territory.”
Enrique Lucero, director of Attention to Migrants in Tijuana, for his part, assured: this is not the first He said people were “considered terrorists who crossed illegally from Tijuana to the United States, but the North American authority did not share this information for security reasons.”
Arrest can be politicized
Activist Albert Rivera Colón, director of the Ágape Misión Mundial shelter, there is no doubt that the situation will be “politicized”This will serve to justify the United States Government’s increased security at the border. However, he also stressed that this shows the lack of cooperation, intelligence and information that exists between Mexico and the United States that allows such people to cross the border.
Also noted no cooperation between countriestriggered the proliferation of ‘polleros’ (human smugglers) in the region. “We’ve looked at all this over the years, but now the question is, there’s a huge market for ‘pollero’ as well, and intelligence against them is very poor or not working,” he said.
This Tuesday, San Diego County Fifth District Superintendent Jim Desmond confirmed to the media the report that the Afghan national had crossed the border with a group of immigrants and was later apprehended. He found that he was on the “terrorism watch list”. He said this arrest should be a firm reminder to President Joe Biden and the Federal Government of “the critical need to maintain a strong border.”
United States officials did not release further information about this individual, who will be able to make use of the camp, which is located between the border walls, before the completion of Title 42 last Thursday following the end of the health emergency. The immediate deportation of immigrants under the pretext of covid-19, however, placed further restrictions on asylum applications at the border and began deporting under another regulation known as Title 8. Unlike Title 42, Title 8 allows immigrants to seek asylum, but they must meet many conditions, including applying in the countries they transit to, or they may be quickly deported.