Commentary: It may just be a lull, but foreign-inspired attacks have declined steeply
by Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times
Jan 18, 2019
3 minutes
Are we quietly winning the war on terror - but are afraid to admit it?
After President Donald Trump warned on Jan. 4 that terrorists were heading our way from Mexico, a remarkable statistic emerged: The number of terrorist acts committed by people who had sneaked across our southern border was exactly zero.
Not zero this year; zero since the federal government began keeping records.
Trump administration officials insist some suspicious characters have crossed the border, but they have refused to disclose any names or details.
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