Director Joel Souza was struck by the same bullet that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the film “Rust” — but the district attorney has said that actor and producer Alec Baldwin will not be charged for that.

New Mexico First Judicial District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies announced last week that Baldwin would be charged with involuntary manslaughter for firing the bullet that killed Hutchins, but according to the Santa Fe District Attorney’s Office, a charge for what Baldwin allegedly did to Souza does not even exist.

The only charge that would make sense with regard to the evidence, the D.A. explained, was “unintentional battery.” But battery requires intent, and the entire case against Baldwin in the Hutchins shooting is built on the assumption — and Baldwin’s insistence — that he did not intend to shoot anyone.

The Santa Fe Sheriff’s Office delivered a 500-page report on the shooting to prosecutors in October, and their overall assessment was that Baldwin had fired a gun that was loaded with live ammunition, but that he had not been aware it was loaded — nor had someone else loaded live ammunition with the intent to cause harm.

“Review of available law enforcement reports showed no compelling demonstration that the firearm was intentionally loaded with live ammunition on set. Based on all available information, including the absence of obvious intent to cause harm or death, the manner of death is best classified as accident,” the report read.

Armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed will also face involuntary manslaughter charges as well, and Carmack-Alwies’ office has announced that first assistant director David Halls already agreed to plead guilty to negligent use of a deadly weapon.

Baldwin has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing, telling ABC’s George Stephanopoulos that he knew someone had to be blamed for the shooting but that it should not be him.

“I feel that someone is responsible for what happened and I can’t say who that is, but I know it’s not me. I might have killed myself if I thought I was responsible, and I don’t say that lightly,” Baldwin said, insisting that he had never pulled the trigger.

The number of people on the nation’s terror watch list who have been arrested at the southern border has soared under the Biden administration, according to a new report.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data jumped from just three arrests of individuals from the list at the border in 2020 to nearly 100 in 2022.

In 2023, a total of 38 individuals on the terror watch list have been arrested already at the southern border, pacing ahead of last’s year high of 98.

Terror watchlist arrests at the southern border are surging under President Biden.

FY’23: 38 (so far)
FY’22: 98
FY’21: 15
FY’20: 3
FY’19: 0
FY’18: 6
FY’17: 2

Per CBP sources, there have been approximately 1.2 million *known* gotaways since Biden took office. @FoxNews

— Bill Melugin (@BillFOXLA) January 22, 2023

In 2021, Biden’s first year in office, 15 arrests of individuals from the terror watch list occurred at the southern border. While the number was five times higher than the last year under the Trump administration, the statistics have spiked since 2022.

During the four years under then-President Donald Trump, only 11 individuals from the terror watch list were arrested.

The high numbers under the Biden administration do not include an unknown number of “gotaways,” people who have eluded Border Patrol while entering the U.S. The CBP has estimated approximately 1.2 million gotaways under the Biden administration, though the exact number is unknown.

The report of increased terror watch list arrests at the southern border add to record numbers of migrants crossing into the U.S. in December. CBP had 251,487 encounters with migrants last month, the highest number recorded the nation’s history.

As The Daily Wire reported, last month’s numbers, combined with the first two months of fiscal year 2023 — October and November — put the U.S. on track to have more than 2.87 million illegal alien encounters on the U.S. southern border this year. December’s statistics also mark ten straight months of 200,000 or more migrant encounters per month on the nation’s southern border.

The Biden administration’s border crisis led Texas Rep. Pat Fallon (R) to file articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. Fallon introduced the articles of impeachment against Mayorkas in the House earlier this month.

“Since day one, Secretary Mayorkas’ policies have undermined law enforcement activities at our southern border,” Fallon said in a statement to Fox News. “From perjuring himself before Congress about maintaining operational control of the border to the infamous ‘whip-gate’ slander against our border patrol agents, Secretary Mayorkas has proven time and time again that he is unfit to lead the Department of Homeland Security.”

“His willful actions have eroded our immigration system, undermined border patrol morale, and jeopardized American national security. He has violated the law and it is time for him to go,” Fallon added.

In November, Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) called for Mayorkas to resign, hinting at the impeachment plan the GOP would pursue after taking back power of the House in January.

“If Secretary Mayorkas does not resign, House Republicans will investigate, every order, every action and every failure will determine whether we can begin impeachment inquiry,” McCarthy said during a press conference in El Paso, Texas.

Biden’s recent visit to El Paso coincided with an announcement concerning migrants to allow 30,000 people per month from Venezuela, Haiti, Cuba, and Nicaragua to enter the U.S. The policy would also expand Title 42 expulsions to include all four countries.

Opponents argue that the changes provide no real solution to migrants crossing the border. The Biden plan instead switches the numbers around while failing to lower the number of overall migrants entering the U.S.