“Officers are certain that UACs are aware of the relative lack of consequences they will receive when apprehended at the U.S. border,” the 45-page report stated.
“During each of the site visits team members conducted interviews with officials that work with UACs on a daily basis. Border Patrol and ICE ERO officers agreed that the lack of deterrence for crossing the U.S.-Mexican border has impacted the rate at which they apprehend UACs.”
ISIS Preparing To Invade Jordan?
Members of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria are claiming on jihadist websites that the group is preparing an operation in which more than 15,000 of its militants will storm into Jordan, this reporter has found.
The claims were made on Arabic jihadist websites in which the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS, is known to be active.
While it is unclear whether or not the ISIS could fulfill its threat to storm Jordan, the Al Qaeda-inspired group last week reportedly seized control of Iraq’s main border crossing with Jordan for several days.
Three more towns in Iraq’s western Anbar province also fell to ISIS, putting the jihadist group within reach of Jordan.
According to informed Middle Eastern security officials, Jordan has been holding emergency meetings since Sunday to discuss a possible military response, while the Jordanian air force was placed on high alert.
ISIS previously posted a video on YouTube threatening to move on Jordan and “slaughter” King Abdullah, whom they view as an enemy of Islam.
Israel, meanwhile, is watching ISIS developments in neighboring Jordan particularly closely amid fears the violence could ultimately spill over to the Jewish state’s own borders.