WASHINGTON, D.C.—Joe Kent, director of the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC), testified Thursday, December 11, that the leading terrorist threat to the United States comes from approximately 18,000 known or suspected terrorists who entered the country during the Biden administration.

Director Kent delivered the assessment during the House Homeland Security Committee’s annual “Worldwide Threats to the Homeland” hearing, which began at 10 a.m. EST in the Rayburn House Office Building. He credited the Trump administration with putting ISIS and Al-Qaeda fighters “on the run” in Iraq and Syria through recent military strikes, but said the domestic picture is far different.

“The number one threat that we have right now, in my view, is the fact that we don’t know who came into our country

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