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Lawmakers press agencies on border security and cartel‑driven fentanyl threat
Summary
Committee members and agency heads discussed declines in southern‑border encounters, shifting known or suspected terrorist flows to the northern border, cartel roles in fentanyl deaths, and international precursor supply chains.
House Intelligence members pressed intelligence and law‑enforcement leaders about border encounters, cartel activity and fentanyl precursor production during the hearing on the annual threat assessment.
Trends at the border: Witnesses and members reported large changes in border encounters since January 2025. Chairman Crawford and several members cited a sharp decline in southern border encounters compared with 2024; Director Kash Patel said known or suspected terrorists (KSTs) are appearing with “much less frequency” at the southern border and more often at the northern border. Patel told the committee that KST encounters since January 20 numbered in the dozens…
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