Rep. Hinson calls for answers over release of suspected terrorist into US by Border Patrol - (Fox)

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: Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa, is calling for answers about why a suspected terrorist was released into the U.S. by Border Patrol -- and why it took two weeks for him to be picked up by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

"I write today with grave concern over the state of our southern border, concern with the policies of this administration, and concern for the security of our country," Hinson writes in a letter to acting ICE Director Tae Johnson, Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Chris Magnus and FBI Director Christopher Wray.

Hinson was writing in response to Fox News’ reporting that the suspected terrorist, Isnardo Garcia-Amado, was released into the United States by Border Patrol agents on April 18 near Yuma, Arizona, and given a GPS monitoring device as an alternative to detention, according to a memo from a federal source obtained by Fox News.

Garcia-Amado, a Colombian citizen, was then flagged by the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Terrorist Screening Center on April 21, which determined he is a match on the terror watch list.