President Joe Biden’s administration instructed Border Patrol agents not to disclose to the American public the increase in terrorist encounters at the border, former chief patrol agent for Border Patrol’s San Diego Sector, Aaron Heitke, said on Thursday.
Before Biden took office, Border Patrol agents in Heitke’s San Diego sector typically arrested ten to 15 special-interest aliens (SIA), or suspected terrorists, per year. That number spiked to more than 100 encounters per year after Biden took office and continued climbing throughout his term, Heitke testified during a House Committee on Homeland Security hearing.
