Rep. Andy Biggs is hoping to “get to the bottom” of the removal of a tweet by U.S. Border Patrol’s Chief Agent Chris T. Clem in which he announced that agents had apprehended a 21-year-old Saudi man after he entered the United States from Mexico near Yuma.
As the Arizona Daily Independent previously reported, the man, who Clem described as “a potential terrorist,” has been linked to several Yemeni “subjects of interest,” according to Clem’s tweet.
The American people deserve to know that suspected terrorists are coming through our broken border system.
We need to get to the bottom of this. https://t.co/sUEPTO2MXO
— Rep Andy Biggs (@RepAndyBiggsAZ) December 28, 2021
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Clem oversees USBP’s Yuma Sector, a 181,670 square mile area along the 126 miles of U.S. / Mexico border between California’s Imperial Sand Dunes and the Yuma – Pima county line. His posting included photos of the jacket the man was wearing when arrested; it is adorned with a U.S. flag and a patch for the Central Oneida County Volunteer Ambulance Corps (COCVAC) based in New York.
COCVAC Chief Thomas Meyers has said the specific jacket the man was wearing has not been used by the organization since 2017.
“It’s unfortunate for us that it was our jacket the individual was wearing but it is a reminder that as trusted members of the community -EMS, fire, police- people will use our logos and our clothing and anything they can to gain the trust of the public,” Meyers said in a statement. “We are happy this individual was taken off the street prior to causing harm or danger to public safety.”
According to reporter Bill Melugin, who broke the story of the deleted tweet, “CBP says it contained “sensitive info” and “violated protocols.”
