Washington Post: “Speaking outside El Paso on Monday, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said border agents he had met earlier that day issued dire warnings that suspected terrorists are trying to cross into the United States via Mexico. ‘You saw it in their eyes,’ McCarthy said, referring to the agents. ‘They talked about, ‘They’re on the list.’ … The terrorist watch list.’ McCarthy’s claims, which were echoed by another Republican congressman, were among the most alarming raised by a GOP delegation that aimed to highlight a growing crisis for the Biden administration amid a surge of migrants.”
“But some Democrats from border states pushed back late on Monday and demanded evidence to back up McCarthy’s assertions. ‘Weird as the Chairman of the subcommittee on Intelligence and Special Operations and a border state member of Congress haven’t heard anything about this,’ tweeted Rep. Ruben Gallego, a Democrat who represents the Phoenix area. ‘Gonna ask for a briefing. Pretty sure he is either wrong or lying.’ U.S. Customs and Border Protection didn’t immediately respond to messages from The Washington Post early on Tuesday about whether anyone on the watch list has recently been caught at the border. McCarthy’s office also didn’t immediately return a message.”