Since last fall, arrests of known or suspected terrorists along the Canadian-U.S. border have seen an increase while arrests at the Mexican border have seen a decline, FBI Director Kash Patel told the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Wednesday.

“[Known or suspected terrorists] are coming in with much less frequency at the southern border. In fact, if my information is correct, two since Jan. 20, and they are coming in with much greater frequency in the northern border,” Patel said, reported the Washington Examiner.

“Since Jan. 20, that number is 34. So what it tells me is that known or suspected terrorists, the individuals that want to do the most harm to this country, are utilizing the northern border, and we got to refocus assets up there.”

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