{"id":2063066,"date":"2023-10-11T08:49:01","date_gmt":"2023-10-11T12:49:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-republican-says-bidens-border-policies-put-us-in-danger-of-hamas-like-terrorist-attacks\/"},"modified":"2023-10-11T08:51:11","modified_gmt":"2023-10-11T12:51:11","slug":"top-republican-says-bidens-border-policies-put-us-in-danger-of-hamas-like-terrorist-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-republican-says-bidens-border-policies-put-us-in-danger-of-hamas-like-terrorist-attacks\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP Leader Warns Biden&#8217;s Border Policies Risk Hamas-style Terrorist Attacks on US."},"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\">24<\/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%2Ftop-republican-says-bidens-border-policies-put-us-in-danger-of-hamas-like-terrorist-attacks%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=2063066&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--><blockquote>\n<h2>Threat of Domestic Attacks in the US Higher Than Ever Due to Biden&#8217;s Open Border Policies, Says \u2064House Committee Chairman<\/h2>\n<p>House Committee on\u200d Homeland \u2063Security (DHS) Chairman Mark\u2063 Green (R-Tenn.) believes the threat of domestic attacks within the United States \u2064\u201cis higher now than \u200cit\u2019s ever \u200bbeen\u201d because President Joe Biden\u2019s open\u200b border policies have for nearly \u200cthree years allowed hundreds of known and potential\u200d terrorists to enter America.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Let me put it this way, the threat is higher now than it has ever been,&#8221; Mr. Green \u200dtold \u2063The Epoch Times in\u200c an exclusive interview. His assessment came amid the fourth day of Israel&#8217;s response to the devastating Hamas \u200dterrorist attack that has killed nearly 1,000 Israelis, as well as at least\u200d 14 Americans.<\/p>\n<p>The Tennessee\u200b Republican pointed to the 250 known individuals on\u200b terrorist watch \u200clists who have been admitted into \u200bthe country, as well as the likelihood of many more among the more than 1.7 million &#8220;got-aways&#8221; U.S. \u2063border \u2064officials have \u200bencountered but were unable to detain. He also worries that the watch lists are not as comprehensive as they have been in the past \u200cdue to declining U.S. international influence.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2>Related Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/china\/ccp-is-fully-supporting-palestinians-amid-israel-hamas-war-gordan-chang-5506870?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\">CCP Is &#8216;Fully Supporting&#8217; Palestinians Amid Israel-Hamas\u200d War: Gordan Chang<\/a><\/h3>\n<p class=\"text-comp-caption\">10\/10\/2023<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/world\/after-deadly-hamas-raid-israel-locks-down-border-places-gaza-under-total-siege-5507341?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\">After Deadly Hamas Raid, Israel\u2064 Locks Down Border, Places Gaza Under \u2018Complete Siege\u2019<\/a><\/h3>\n<p class=\"text-comp-caption\">10\/10\/2023<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Asked if he\u200d thinks the Biden \u200dadministration is doing what is needed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-republican-says-bidens-border-policies-put-us-in-danger-of-hamas-like-terrorist-attacks\/\" title=\"GOP Leader Warns Biden's Border Policies Risk Hamas-style Terrorist Attacks on US.\">prevent domestic terrorist attacks similar<\/a> \u200dto those seen in Israel, Mr. Green responded, &#8220;Of course not.\u2062 I mean, the border is wide open. If you \u2063turn\u2062 yourself in and you \u200care not on the list, you are going to be released. \u2064The list\u200b is\u200d built as\u2064 comprehensively as it can be,\u2064 but we&#8217;re \u2063out of the Middle East a lot \u200bnow, \u2063so we&#8217;re\u200b not getting the kind of human intelligence about who is\u2063 who, and the lists \u2062are not as reliable as they were five years ago.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As a result, Mr. Green said, &#8220;This is a major national security risk at our Southern border, and it&#8217;s all Joe Biden&#8217;s fault, and\u2062 [DHS Secretary Alejandro] Mayorkas.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>At least 160 individuals identified as known \u200dor potential terrorists on the federal government&#8217;s watchlist have\u200d been encountered between ports of entry by U.S.\u200c Customs\u2064 and Border Protection (CBP) so far in 2023, compared with 98 in 2022 and 16 in 2021, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhs.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/2023-09\/23_0913_ia_23-333-ia_u_homeland-threat-assessment-2024_508C_V6_13Sep23.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DHS<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>But more \u200dthan 500 such individuals have also entered the U.S. through ports of entry, according to Lora Ries, Director of the Heritage Foundation&#8217;s Border Security\u200c and Immigration Center. Ms. Ries is former DHS Chief of Staff, and she served as\u200b Counsel to\u200b the \u2064House Judiciary Committee&#8217;s Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims. She also worked at the Department \u200dof Justice Board of \u2064Immigration Appeals.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And those are just encounters,&#8221;\u2062 Ms. Ries told The Epoch \u200dTimes. &#8220;We have to remember the most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/b-21-the-bomber-being-built-for-a-war-with-china-or-russia\/\" title=\"B-21: The Bomber Being Built for a War with China or Russia\">important national security threat<\/a> is from the 1.7 million got-aways, those who have evaded the Border Patrol under Biden because they didn&#8217;t want to be finger-printed, because they were either prior aggravated felons,\u200d smuggling drugs, gang members or some combination thereof.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-figure\">\n<figure style=\"width:600px\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan speaks during \u2063the daily briefing in the Brady Press Briefing Room of\u2064 the White House on Oct. 10, 2023. (Brendan Smialowski\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Concern among congressional Republicans about these issues is growing.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Close to six million migrants \u2063have been let into America as the result of the Biden Administration\u2019s open border \u200cpolicy. They have either \u2064been encountered, processed, and dispersed using \u2064dubious \u200basylum claims, or\u200d illegally entered as known\u200c and unknown gotaways,&#8221; Sen. Ron\u2064 Johnson \u200c(R-Wis.) told The Epoch Times.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The threat to our national security cannot be overstated, yet \u200bPresident Biden and members of his \u200dadministration refuse to acknowledge\u2063 the crisis\u200c they have created. We will be dealing with the\u2063 consequences of this reckless and\u2063 feckless \u200cadministration for decades,&#8221; he said. Mr. Johnson is the second-ranking\u200b Republican member of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) told The Epoch Times that recent events in Israel mean \u201cAmericans should also be extremely concerned about our \u200bown vulnerabilities resulting from President Biden\u2019s open border policies. In 2019, there were zero known encounters with suspected\u2063 terrorists at the\u200b southern border, and this year, there have been 160 and counting. As long as\u200d the Biden administration allows this\u2064 unprecedented pattern to escalate, an attack on our own soil isn\u2019t a \u2064matter of if\u2014it\u2019s a matter of\u2063 when. Securing our \u200bborder and protecting\u200c our homeland is absolutely paramount.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A spokesman for Sen. Ted \u200cBudd (R-N.C.) said\u200c the North\u2063 Carolina freshman &#8220;believes that border security is national security. The fact that hundreds\u2064 of individuals from \u200cthe terror watch list have been \u2062caught trying to illegally cross\u200b the border is all the evidence\u2063 we need to reimplement President Trump\u2019s border \u2064policies that worked to keep our country safe.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Rich McCormick (R-Ga.) called\u200b the flood of illegal immigrants \u201da full-scale INVASION of our country. Everything that is happening at our southern border is a direct result of Joe\u2064 Biden and Democrats&#8217; disastrous open border policies. We \u200chave stopped 151 people \u2062on the known terrorist watch\u2064 list \u200d\u2026 this is concerning because this is\u2063 estimated to be only one-fourth \u2062of the total number who have crossed the borders. We MUST secure our borders now!\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2>3) \u200dWhat \u2063action have congressional Republicans called on the Biden administration to take in response to the \u2063concerns about border security and\u200d domestic \u200dattacks<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Ed into American communities or have\u2063 just been released outright,&#8221;\u2063 said Congressman Paul\u200c Gosar (R-Ariz.) \u200din a\u200b recent statement. &#8220;This\u2063 is an\u2064 unprecedented national security threat. We know that known and potential \u2062terrorists have been encountered at the border, and we know that criminal organizations are exploiting the situation\u200c to smuggle drugs\u200c and humans into our country.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>These concerns come\u2064 as the Department of\u2063 Homeland Security (DHS) released its annual Homeland Threat Assessment for 2024. The report identifies the southern border as\u200c a major\u2062 vulnerability for potential terrorist infiltration and highlights the increased risk\u2062 due\u2063 to the open \u2062border policies of the Biden \u2063administration.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The \u2063current situation at the U.S. \u200cborder poses a potential vulnerability for \u200bterrorist infiltration, given the significant number\u200d of \u200dindividuals crossing the border illegally, the limited capacity of federal resources to adequately screen individuals, \u200band the challenges associated with vetting individuals coming from countries of concern,&#8221;\u200b the report states.<\/p>\n<p>The\u2064 report also notes that the decline in U.S. international influence has impacted the quality \u200band reliability of watch\u200c lists and intelligence sharing, further putting the country at\u200c risk.<\/p>\n<p>The\u2064 issue of border security and the potential for domestic attacks is a pressing concern for many \u200dAmericans. A recent poll \u200dconducted by The Epoch Times \u2062found that 85% of respondents believe that securing the border is a matter of national security.<\/p>\n<p>Many Republicans in Congress\u200d are calling \u2062on the Biden administration\u2064 to take immediate\u2063 action to address this issue and strengthen border security. They are urging the administration\u200b to reinstate policies such as the Remain in Mexico policy and the Migrant Protection Protocols, which were implemented by the \u2062Trump administration to mitigate the influx of\u2062 illegal \u200dborder crossings.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Biden administration has \u2062largely dismissed these concerns. In a\u2063 recent press \u200dconference, DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas denied that \u2063the open border\u2062 policies are contributing to the threat of domestic attacks.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The southern border is not the source of the problem,&#8221; Mayorkas said. &#8220;There are many things that contribute\u2062 to the national security of the United States, and\u2062 the southern \u200cborder \u200dis one \u200dof\u2062 them, but it \u200dis not the\u2064 sole source of that challenge.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Despite\u200d the denial from the Biden \u200badministration,\u2063 congressional Republicans \u2064remain steadfast in \u2062their criticism and push for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tyler-county-is-texas-10th-to-declare-an-invasion-at-southern-border\/\" title=\"Tyler County Is Texas\u2019 10th To Declare An Invasion At Southern Border\">stronger border security measures<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The\u2064 Biden administration&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-governor-details-allegations-of-child-abuse-in-migrant-facilities-slams-admin-for-lack-of-action\/\" title=\"Texas governor details allegations of child abuse in migrant facilities, slams admin. for lack of action\">reckless open border policies<\/a> are putting American lives at risk,&#8221; \u2063said Congressman Mark Green. &#8220;It \u200bis crucial that we take immediate action to secure\u2064 our borders and ensure the safety\u200b and security of \u2063the American people.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As the debate continues, the threat of domestic attacks\u200b in \u200bthe United States remains \u200ca significant concern. With the\u200c southern border continuing to be a \u200bvulnerable\u200d point for potential\u2064 terrorist infiltration, it is\u200c crucial that the Biden administration takes swift and decisive action to address\u2064 this issue and protect the safety and security of the American people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark Green (R-Tenn.) asserts that President Biden&#8217;s open border policies have led to a surge in domestic attack threats. 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