On Tuesday, Red State reported that a suspected terrorist, initially detained in Texas but then set free, has been caught in Brooklyn. Why was he set free?

The article reports:

First: This suspected terrorist was “detained” — it’s unclear as to why this word is used, but “detained” is not the same thing as “arrested” — and then he was released. Why? He was picked up for criminal trespassing and just let go? He was in the country illegally; why was he released into the country instead of being hustled forthwith back across the border?

Second: How did he get to Brooklyn? Did he meet anyone there? What do we know about who he was hanging out with and what, if anything, he planned to do?

Third: The investigation revealed he was on a terrorist watch list. Well, that’s good, and it’s good that he was caught before he got up to something bad. But why release him if this investigation was still ongoing? He should have been detained until the investigation was complete, and then he should have been given a one-way ticket back to South Africa.

Fourth and finally: How many more would-be terrorists just like this are out there that have not been caught? Where are they, and what are they doing right now?

The article concludes:

At least he’s now “pending removal,” by which we may infer “awaiting deportation,” preferably assisted on his way by a size 12 Border Patrol boot to the backside. But this is just another illustration of the Biden administration’s disastrous open-border policy; who knows what this suspected terrorist may have gotten up to, and it is only luck and some persistence on the part of the Border Patrol that finally identified him, scooped him up and dropped him into the crowbars.

January 20th can’t come soon enough.

Let’s send everyone home who is here illegally until we can sort out the good guys from the bad guys.