Americans Form Greatest Percentage of Known Terrorists Crossing Border
Nearly half of terrorists crossing into the U.S. to perform violent acts or making an escape from the country afterward were American citizens, and a significant percentage were Canadians, find a Homeland Security Department-funded study.
According to Fierce Homeland Security, the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism-conducted study is based on data gleaned from terrorist court cases from 1980 through 2004 showing that 264 individuals during that period with a direct tie to terrorism crossed a U.S. border in relation to a terrorist act. The article also reports that of the 95 individuals for whom citizenship was determinable, 48 percent were U.S. citizens, while another 18 percent were Canadian citizens.