10/15/2021 - Intel Drop Update #4 (Border Crisis)

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Border Patrol documents obtained by Fox News show that since March the Biden Regime has released at least 160,000 illegal immigrants into the US, often with little to no supervision – including since August, a broad use of limited parole authorities to make more than 30,000 eligible for work permits.

And the Biden Regime Has Released More Than 70,000 Illegal Immigrants into U.S. Since August.

The Biden Regime has released more than 70,000 illegal immigrants into the U.S. since August 6, including 31,977 released via parole, which grants migrants a form of legal status and the ability to apply for work permits, according to a new report.

The figures come from Border Patrol documents obtained by Fox News, which show that at least 160,000 illegal immigrants have been released into the U.S. since March.

Parole authority is intended to be applied on an as-needed basis for “urgent humanitarian purposes” and “significant public benefit.” Officials usually grant few parole cases, though the Biden administration has stepped outside of the norm in granting parole to tens of thousands of illegal immigrants.

Rodney Scott, who served as border patrol chief under both Biden and former President Trump from January 2020 to June 2021, told the outlet he believes the administration is abusing its parole authority.

“As a field chief, I don’t believe I ever approved more than 5 or 10 paroles in a year,” he said. “When I did, I ensured that the alien was monitored continuously and was detained or removed as soon as the circumstances allowed.”

Another 40,000 illegal immigrants have been released into the U.S. since August 6 on their own recognizance.

According to the report, at least 94,570 illegal immigrants have been released into the U.S. with Notices to Report since March 20. The notice requires the migrants to check in with an ICE office upon arrival at their final destination. Individuals who check in as required do not face deportation or detainment as their immigration proceedings advance.

The report raises concerns over the lack of oversight, supervision or immediate risk of deportation facing tens of thousands of illegal immigrants.

The news comes as the Biden administration has struggled for months to get a hold on the crisis at the southern border, where Border Patrol agents have been forced to contend with some of the highest levels of illegal immigration in decades.

In July, agents encountered 212,672 migrants at the border — the first time in 21 years that the monthly encounters jumped above 200,000. Border Patrol agents encountered 208,887 migrants in August.

While Republicans have said the surge at the border is caused by Biden’s reversal of several Trump-era immigration policies, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas has claimed it is an “accumulation of factors” in Mexico and the Northern Triangle countries that has caused the rise in immigration.

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Fox News: House Republican warns Bagram prisoners released by Taliban could try US entry via ‘porous’ southern border.

A top House Republican is warning of an "urgent" terrorist threat to the United States after the Taliban's release of thousands of prisoners from Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, including the ISIS-K suicide bomber that killed 13 U.S. service members, suggesting that those released prisoners could attempt to enter the country through the "porous southern border," and demanding answers from the Biden administration on its plans to quell that threat.

Ranking Member of the House Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship Rep. Tom McClintock, R-Calif., wrote a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Thursday, warning that released prisoners could attempt entry to the U.S. through Mexico with the purpose of committing terrorist attacks on the homeland.

"I write with grave concern over the security risks posed by the release of 7,000 terrorists, including members of the Taliban, ISIS-K, and Al-Qaeda from Bagram Air Base combined with the porous southern border," McClintock wrote. "Shortly after the president ordered the unconditional surrender of Bagram Air Base to the Taliban, Taliban forces took control and released the terrorists that had been in U.S. custody. Days later, 13 U.S. service members were murdered by a suicide bomber at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul."

Citing Fox News reporting, McClintock wrote that Biden administration officials "have confirmed that the suicide bomber ‘was a prisoner released from Bagram Air Base on August 15 after the Taliban seized control of the facility.’"

The ISIS-K suicide bomber who killed 13 U.S. service members outside of Hamid Karzai International Airport in August was a prisoner released from Bagram Air Base on Aug. 15 after the Taliban seized control of the facility, officials confirmed to Fox News.

Fox News first reported that Rep. Ken Calvert, R-Calif., the top Republican on the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, said U.S. and Indian intelligence sources reported to him that the suicide bomber was one of the 7,000 prisoners housed at Bagram prison and released by the Taliban in August.

"We know that one of those terrorists exploded the bomb that killed 13 U.S. Marines on August 26, but the whereabouts of the others is unknown," McClintock wrote. "It is possible, if not likely, that many will attempt to enter our country through Mexico with the purpose of committing similar terrorist attacks."

The Aug. 26 suicide bombing took the lives of 13 U.S. service members – including 11 Marines, one Navy sailor and one Army soldier. Eighteen other U.S. service members were wounded. The bombing also left more than 150 civilians dead.

"In fact, we already know that aliens found in the Terrorist Screening Database have been apprehended on the southern border this year," McClintock wrote. "The release of thousands of terrorists back into Afghanistan and the criminal cartels' control of human smuggling on the southwest U.S. border, mean the terrorist threat is urgent."

All U.S. forces were removed from Bagram, the largest military base in Afghanistan, in July.

The Pentagon said on Aug. 27 "thousands" of ISIS-K prisoners were freed by the Taliban during their takeover of Afghanistan in the days leading up to the bombing near the Kabul airport.

As the Biden administration began the withdrawal of military assets, provincial capitals across Afghanistan began to fall to the Taliban. By mid-August, the Taliban attained control of two-thirds of Afghanistan. And by the time the U.S. withdrew all U.S. troops from the country on Aug. 31, Kabul had also fallen to the Taliban. In mid-August, U.S. intelligence assessments projected the capital city could fall to the Taliban within 90 days.

Meanwhile, in his letter, McClintock demanded Mayorkas provide information to "help us understand the ongoing terrorism-related threats at the southwest U.S. border and how the Biden administration's failures in Afghanistan affect border security."

McClintock gave Mayorkas until Oct. 28 to provide: a list of countries whose nationals have been encountered on the southwest border by U.S. Border Patrol during 2021; the number of individuals from each country; the nationalities of each individual encountered at the border who had a Terrorist Screening Database "alert" from 2015 to 2021; and a written notification of each instance in which an individual is encountered by DHS officials whether at a port of entry, or between ports of entry, and whether they were previously imprisoned at Bagram Air Base.

DHS did not immediately respond to Fox News' request for comment.

McClintock's letter comes as the Biden administration continues to grapple with a migrant crisis along the U.S. Southern border.

There were more than 200,000 migrant apprehensions in the months of July and August, which has fueled criticism of the administration's rolling-back of border protections like the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) – which kept migrants in Mexico as they went through immigration proceedings. The administration was ordered to reinstate the policy by a federal order and has since announced it will seek to end the policy in line with the ruling.