The Biden-Harris administration instructed Border Patrol officials from releasing information to the American public on suspected terrorists crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, a former senior agent claimed on Wednesday.
Speaking before the House Homeland Security Committee, retired Chief Border Patrol Agent Aaron Heitke alleged that administration officials told him he “could not release any names or information” on the increase of “significant interest aliens (SIAs)” — illegals with “significant ties to terrorism” — apprehended at the southern border. Heitke was promoted to chief patrol agent of the San Diego sector in February 2020 and retired last summer.
The former Border Patrol agent noted that the San Diego sector “averaged 10 to 15 SIA arrests per year” prior to Joe Biden and Kamala Harris taking office. Once “word got out” about the administration’s open border policies, the sector experienced an exponential increase in the number of SIAs apprehended by U.S. agents, Heitke contended.
After Biden and Harris took office, “San Diego went to over 100 SIAs in 2022, well over that in 2023, and even more than that registered this year,” he said. “These are only the ones we caught.”
Heitke claimed that in keeping information about suspected terrorists crossing the border hidden, the administration was “trying to convince the public there was no threat at the border.”
In addition to a mass influx of fentanyl into the United States, the retired border chief noted how he had 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 would’ve been released in San Diego over to Texas,” Heitke said. “Each flight costs approximately $150,000. This was the administration’s way of trying to quiet the border-wide crisis.”
HOLY SH!T
Former Chief BP Agent Aaron Heitke was ordered by Biden-Harris to cover up the disaster at the border:
1. Data hidden on terror encounters
2. $150k flights to fly illegals to TX
3. 0 resources to track fentanyl pic.twitter.com/kxUtEBpxGR— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) September 19, 2024
just asked Retired Chief Border Patrol Agent Aaron Heitke what information we have on the millions of “known gotaways” that have entered this country—He responded, “none.” pic.twitter.com/iLEry0V28x
— Match Point (@MatchPoiint) September 19, 2024
The Biden-Harris administration’s policy of dumping staggering numbers of foreign nationals into small town America is not a new development. The most notable example is Springfield, Ohio, which has garnered nationwide attention over the influx of more than 20,000 Haitian nationals into its communities due to the administration’s destructive immigration policies. (Read more: The Federalist, 9/19/2024) (Archive)