A total of 23 people whose names appear on a U.S. terror watch list were stopped for illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border in 2021

The suspects were taken into custody between January 20, 2021 and December 30, 2021

Eight of the arrests were reported by the El Centro Sector and San Diego Sector in California

The names of the individuals matched those that appear on the Terror Screening Database

Numbers of apprehension had not been released to the public despite Republican pressure