Mayorkas Can’t Say Whether Suspected Terrorists Arrested at Border Were Released

A male Saudi Arabian national described as a potential terrorist poses after he was arrested for illegally entering the United States, in Arizona on Dec. 16, 2021. U.S. Border Patrol

U.S. authorities have arrested 42 suspected terrorists at the U.S.–Mexico border under President Joe Biden and some may have been released into the country.

“I don’t know,” Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said on April 28 when asked if any were released during a hearing on Capitol Hill.