{"id":1654475,"date":"2022-09-23T07:25:04","date_gmt":"2022-09-23T11:25:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1654475"},"modified":"2022-09-23T07:25:20","modified_gmt":"2022-09-23T11:25:20","slug":"venezuela-empties-prisons-and-sends-criminals-to-us-border-house-republicans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/venezuela-empties-prisons-and-sends-criminals-to-us-border-house-republicans\/","title":{"rendered":"Venezuela Empties Prisons and Sends Criminals to US Border: House Republicans"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fvenezuela-empties-prisons-and-sends-criminals-to-us-border-house-republicans%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1654475&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Venezuela is deliberately releasing prisoners, among them violent criminals, and has them travel to the U.S. southern border, a development that prompted 14 House Republicans to write to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-troy-nehls\">Troy Nehls<\/a> (R-Texas), who is leading the Republican effort to have Mayorkas answer questions, said in the Sept. 22 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepTroyNehls\/status\/1573073597790314498\">letter<\/a> that the decision by the Nicolas Maduro regime has put the United States \u201cin grave danger.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe write you with serious concern about a recent U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) intelligence report received by Border Patrol that instructs agents to look for violent criminals from Venezuela among the migrant caravans heading towards the U.S.-Mexico border,\u201d the letter says, citing a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/border\/2022\/09\/18\/exclusive-venezuela-empties-prisons-sends-violent-criminals-to-u-s-says-dhs-report\/\">report<\/a> from Breitbart.<\/p>\n<p>The outlet reported on Sept. 18 that it had reviewed the DHS intelligence report from an unnamed source within the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-cbp\">CBP<\/a>). The report warned that released prisoners\u2014including those convicted of murder, rape, and extortion\u2014had been seen within migrant caravans traveling from Tapachula, Mexico, to the southern border, as recently as July.<\/p>\n<p>The report also said the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service, Venezuela\u2019s intelligence agency, may have played a role in deliberately releasing prisoners.<\/p>\n<p>Hours after Breitbart published the report, Nehls took to Twitter to announce that he had obtained confirmation from the DHS.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDHS confirms that Venezuela empties prisons and sends violent criminals to our southern border,\u201d Nehls <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/reptroynehls\/status\/1571595083513827329\">wrote<\/a>. \u201cPresident Trump warned us about this years ago.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-donald-trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/05\/30\/trump-blasts-biden-for-destroying-our-country\/\">issued<\/a> such a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/trump-not-even-believable-biden-considering-payments-families-separated-at-border\">warning<\/a> several times in 2021. He did it again last week while speaking to radio show host Hugh Hewitt, when he <a href=\"https:\/\/hughhewitt.com\/donald-trump-returns-to-talks-election-2022-indictments\/\">said<\/a> America had become a \u201cdumping ground\u201d as other nations were \u201cemptying their prisons into the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/article-image-cal-thomas-4-1200x800-1.jpeg\"><\/a> Illegal immigrants from Venezuela, who boarded a bus in Texas, wait to be transported<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Venezuela is deliberately releasing prisoners, among them violent criminals, and has them travel to the U.S. southern border, a development that prompted 14 House Republicans to write to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. Rep. 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