A former senior agent has accused the Biden-Harris administration of directing Border Patrol officials to withhold information from the American public regarding suspected terrorists crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.
This claim was made during a testimony before the House Homeland Security Committee on Wednesday.
According to The Federalist, retired Chief Border Patrol Agent Aaron Heitke alleged that he was instructed by administration officials not to disclose any names or information about the surge in "significant interest aliens (SIAs)" individuals with substantial links to terrorism detained at the southern border. Heitke, who was promoted to chief patrol agent of the San Diego sector in February 2020, retired in the summer of the same year.
Heitke highlighted that before the Biden-Harris administration took office, the San Diego sector averaged between 10 to 15 SIA arrests annually. However, he argued that the administration's perceived open border policies led to a dramatic increase in the number of SIAs apprehended by U.S. agents.
"San Diego went to over 100 SIAs in 2022, well over that in 2023, and even more than that registered this year," Heitke stated. "These are only the ones we caught."
Heitke suggested that by concealing information about suspected terrorists crossing the border, the administration was attempting to persuade the public that there was no threat at the border. This, he argued, was a disservice to the American people who have a right to be informed about potential threats to their safety.
In addition to the surge of SIAs, Heitke also pointed out the massive influx of fentanyl into the United States. He lamented that he was forced to "release illegal aliens by the hundreds each day into communities who could not support them."
"To quiet the problem, two flights a week were provided from San Diego to Texas. These flights simply brought aliens that wouldve been released in San Diego over to Texas," Heitke explained. "Each flight costs approximately $150,000. This was the administrations way of trying to quiet the border-wide crisis."
The practice of relocating large numbers of foreign nationals into small American towns is not a new phenomenon under the Biden-Harris administration. Springfield, Ohio, for instance, has been overwhelmed by the arrival of over 20,000 Haitian nationals due to the administration's immigration policies.
The situation at the border is likely to persist if Harris wins the presidency in the upcoming November elections. Despite claims from her campaign aides, Harris has been a vocal advocate for open border policies. As a U.S. senator in 2017, she dismissed the idea of a border wall along the U.S.-Mexico border as a "stupid use of money" and vowed to "block any funding for it." She later referred to Trump's wall proposal as a "medieval vanity project" and predicted it wouldnt stop "transnational gangs" from crossing the border.
Harris has consistently maintained her stance against the wall, calling it a "complete waste of taxpayer money" that won't enhance safety. She has also supported the abolition of ICE and detention centers housing illegal aliens, advocated for mass amnesty for illegals, and compared ICE to the Ku Klux Klan.
In a recent speech, the vice president criticized Donald Trump for his pledge to deport the millions of foreign nationals who have illegally entered the U.S. under her watch. Since Biden and Harris took office in January 2021, an estimated 10 million illegal aliens have unlawfully entered the United States, as reported by the Washington Examiner.
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