The Border Patrol caught a terrorism suspect at the southern border but was too overwhelmed by the surge of illegal immigrants to properly flag the person and instead released the person into the country, according to a new government audit.
Once Homeland Security realized the bungle and sent agents to arrest the suspect, it took them more than two weeks to mount the operation because officers were waiting for paperwork to reach them and then had trouble getting access to the GPS tracking device the migrant was wearing, the department’s inspector general said.
Some 125 have been caught between Oct. 1 and May 31, shattering last year’s previous record of 96, with a few months still to go in the fiscal year. The identity was run through the watchlist but the FBI said it was “inconclusive.” Authorities asked for more information to be gleaned. but that request was sent to the wrong email address and the necessary interview never took place.
On April 22, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement was directed to track down and arrest the migrant, but it took two additional weeks to make the arrest, the audit said. “It was only after the individual was released that the migrant was later determined to be” on the watchlist, said Jim H. Crumpacker, the department’s liaison to the inspector general.
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