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EXCLUSIVE: U.S. intelligence officials prevented more than 10,000 individuals with ties to narcoterrorism from entering the country in 2025, and placed more than 85,000 similarly tied individuals on the terror watchlist, Fox News Digital has learned.
Officials told Fox News Digital that intelligence was collected and passed by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to law enforcement partners in the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI to block their access to the United States.
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“President Trump gave the order to secure the homeland, and ODNI’s National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) delivered,” Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard told Fox News Digital. “In 2025, intelligence shared by our team to federal, state and local partners stopped more than 10,000 persons with connections to terrorism from accessing our country.”
U.S. intelligence officials prevented more than 10,000 individuals with ties to narcoterrorism from entering the country in 2025. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Gabbard told Fox News Digital that “thousands of successful actions against cartels and gangs are driven by intelligence from the National Counterterrorism Center, whose integrated intelligence, analysis, and timely response to terrorist threats have directly led to the apprehension and removal of thousands of criminals from U.S. soil.”
“Thanks to President Trump for his commitment to securing our nation, and thanks to the men and women of NCTC for their vigilance and dedication to keeping the American people safe,” Gabbard said.
TULSI GABBARD WARNS OF ‘DIRECT THREAT’ FROM SUSPECTED TERRORISTS NOW LIVING IN UNITED STATES
A senior counterterrorism official told Fox News Digital that President Donald Trump’s move to designate cartels as terrorist organizations allowed counterterrorism officials to “leverage the tools of the intelligence…
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