Breaking Down Border Security: A Candid Conversation with Secretary Marshall

🔒Individuals with ties to terrorist organizations are considered a risk to national security and are subject to detention and removal.

🚨Disclosure of countries of origin of people arrested on the terrorist watch list is subject to context and can be discussed separately.

🌍The issue of Chinese nationals crossing the southern border is being monitored, and if they qualify for asylum, they are processed accordingly.

🗣️Enforcement priorities focus on individuals who pose a risk to public safety and national security.

💡Efforts to combat fentanyl trafficking are ongoing, with a focus on targeting cartels and traffickers.

How are individuals with ties to terrorist organizations handled?

—Individuals with ties to terrorist organizations are deemed a risk to national security and are subject to detention and removal.

When will the countries of origin be disclosed for people arrested on the terrorist watch list?

—Disclosure of countries of origin is subject to context and can be discussed in an appropriate setting.

What is being done about Chinese nationals crossing the southern border?

—Chinese nationals crossing the southern border are processed based on whether they qualify for asylum.

What are the enforcement priorities regarding border security?

—Enforcement priorities focus on individuals who pose a risk to public safety and national security.

How are efforts being made to combat fentanyl trafficking?

—Efforts to combat fentanyl trafficking are ongoing, with a focus on targeting cartels and traffickers.

00:00Senator Marshall starts the conversation by asking about the number of illegal aliens with ties to terrorist organizations in the country.

00:25Secretary Marshall assures Senator Marshall that individuals posing a risk to national security are the highest enforcement priority.

01:02The discussion continues, with Senator Marshall pressing for specific numbers on individuals with ties to Hamas, Hezbollah, and other organizations.

01:55Secretary Marshall reiterates that individuals with a nexus to these organizations are considered a risk and enforcement action is taken accordingly.

03:40Senator Marshall asks about disclosing the countries of origin for people arrested by Border Patrol on the terrorist watch list.

04:51Secretary Marshall suggests discussing the terrorist screening dataset in an appropriate context.

05:59The discussion shifts to the number of Goda ways and the challenges they pose to border security.

06:56Senator Marshall highlights the seizure of fentanyl and the issue of fentanyl trafficking across the southern border.