{"id":2064172,"date":"2023-10-11T21:21:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-12T01:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-congresswoman-warns-americans-to-remain-vigilant-be-prepared-to-defend-yourselves\/"},"modified":"2023-10-11T21:23:06","modified_gmt":"2023-10-12T01:23:06","slug":"republican-congresswoman-warns-americans-to-remain-vigilant-be-prepared-to-defend-yourselves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-congresswoman-warns-americans-to-remain-vigilant-be-prepared-to-defend-yourselves\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP Congresswoman urges Americans to stay alert and ready to protect themselves."},"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%2Frepublican-congresswoman-warns-americans-to-remain-vigilant-be-prepared-to-defend-yourselves%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=2064172&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--><h2>Republican Congresswoman Warns Americans to &#8216;Remain Vigilant,&#8217; Be &#8216;Prepared to Defend&#8217; Yourselves<\/h2>\n<p>Rep. Mary \u200bMiller has a warning for\u2064 all\u200c Americans.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2064Illinois Republican Congresswoman used her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/is-threads-colluding-with-feds-to-censor-americans-like-facebook-did-judiciary-chair-jordan-asks-zuckerberg-for-answers\/\" title=\"Did Threads collude with feds to censor Americans, similar to Facebook? Jordan, Judiciary Chair, seeks answers from Zuckerberg.\">social media\u2064 platform<\/a> to\u2062 warn people about the threat posed by uncontrolled, mass illegal immigration and the importance of being ready to exercise one\u2019s Second Amendment rights.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmericans must remain vigilant and \u200cprepared\u200d to \u2064defend ourselves and our families since Joe Biden has opened our southern border and we have no idea who has crossed into our country,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tag\/second-amendment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Second Amendment<\/a> is the\u2064 great \u200dsafeguard\u2063 of liberty &#038; security,\u201d she added. \u201cNever \u200dgive up\u200d your \u20642A rights.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Americans must remain\u2063 vigilant and\u200d prepared to defend ourselves and our families since Joe Biden has opened our southern border and we have no idea who has crossed into our country.<\/p>\n<p>The Second Amendment \u2062is the great \u200csafeguard of liberty &#038; security. Never give up your 2A rights. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xzjnkfTMrx\">pic.twitter.com\/xzjnkfTMrx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Mary Miller (@RepMaryMiller) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepMaryMiller\/status\/1711741727684366763?\">October\u200b 10, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Miller\u2019s comments come at a time when thousands of illegals continue\u200d to \u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/border-crisis-bad-historic-record-broken\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pour into America<\/a> every day, and authorities have next to no information about their personal or criminal history.<\/p>\n<p>Back\u2064 in\u200c August, <a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2023\/08\/29\/politics\/migrants-us-southern-border-smuggler-isis-ties\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN<\/a> reported \u2062that\u00a0over a dozen migrants from\u200c Uzbekistan and other countries had <a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2023\/08\/29\/politics\/migrants-us-southern-border-smuggler-isis-ties\/index.html\">entered<\/a> \u2064the\u2064 country through the U.S.-Mexico border with the help of a human trafficker with ties to Islamic State, known as ISIS.<\/p>\n<p>In an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\/president-biden-wide-open-border-created-gravest-us-terror-threat-years\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">article<\/a> for Fox News, GOP Sen.\u200c Tom Cotton of Arkansas similarly warned that the \u201cwide open border has created\u200c the\u2064 gravest US \u2064terror threat in years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo far this year, the Border Patrol\u200d has encountered 146 known foreign terrorists attempting to cross the\u2064 southern border\u2064 \u2014 a\u200c nearly 50 percent increase compared to last year\u2019s 98 encounters,\u201d Cotton wrote in an article published \u2064last month.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd that\u2019s just the ones we caught \u2014 no one knows\u2064 how many made it through,\u201d\u2063 he continued. \u201cWhile \u2063terrorists \u200chave long tried to cross our border, they have never done so in\u2063 such great numbers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDuring the previous administration, an average of only three foreign \u200dterrorists attempted to cross\u200b our\u2064 southern border illegally each year,\u201d he \u2062added.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, GOP Rep. Anna\u200d Paulina Luna of Florida \u200bhas also raised the alarm about the potential threat posed \u200dby \u200cillegal immigration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAccording to DHS in\u200b \u00a02022, there were over \u200d600,000 illegals that got away,\u201d she wrote on X. \u201cHow many\u200d of those 600,000 individuals are terrorists? This year \u2063USBP has encountered 146 known foreign terrorists attempting to cross the southern border?\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">According to DHS in 2022, there \u200bwere over 600,000 illegals that got away. How many of those 600,000 individuals are terrorists?\u2063 This year USBP has encountered 146 known foreign terrorists attempting to \u2063cross the\u2062 southern\u200d border. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kJo21DSVkl\">pic.twitter.com\/kJo21DSVkl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Anna Paulina Luna (@realannapaulina) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realannapaulina\/status\/1711590424341528735?\">October 10, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Former President Donald Trump also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-warns-people-raided-israel-entering-us-suggests-attack-coming\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">spoke out<\/a> \u200b on the\u200b issue this week, arguing that America could be subject to an attack from Islamists because of the Biden administration\u2019s refusal to secure the border.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe same people that raided Israel are pouring into our once beautiful USA,\u200b through \u2062our \u2064TOTALLY OPEN SOUTHERN BORDER, at Record Numbers. Are they planning an attack within \u200dour Country?\u201d Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/111205721626200196\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a> on Truth Social.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Last \u200bmonth, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/national-security\/number-people-terror-watchlist-stopped-mexico-us-border-risen-rcna105095\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBC<\/a> reported that \u2064Border \u200cPatrol had apprehended 160 individuals who matched people on the U.S. Terrorist Screening Dataset as of July 2023. \u200bWhen including U.S. \u2062citizens listed on the dataset, the total count rises to 216.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"author_subscription_pitch\">.author_subscription_pitch p{margin:5px;}<\/p>\n<p><em><b>A Note from Our Deputy Managing Editor:<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">What \u200cif \u200byou \u2063woke up\u200d one morning and half of the people you count on \u2062had\u200c just vanished overnight?<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">That happened to me recently. I got up, came\u200b to work\u2062 here at The Western Journal, and when I got to my office, \u2064literally half of our readers had vanished. They were just gone. We\u200d had\u2064 been nuked by Facebook, \u2064and it had happened almost instantly.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">But it was even worse. Facebook hit \u2064us at the \u2064same time 90 percent of advertisers had essentially boycotted us. &#8220;Brutal&#8221;\u2062 is a word I\u2019ve used a lot lately.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The fight for the truth is brutal. The fight for America\u2019s soul is brutal. What\u2063 the\u200b government is\u2063 doing to Jan. 6 detainees is \u200cbrutal. \u2063What surgeons are\u200b doing to confused \u2062children is brutal.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><b>It\u2019s a\u2064 fight we must win. But we can\u2019t \u2063win\u200b without you.<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/join-monthly\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">subscription to The Western Journal<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  will go much farther than you\u2063 think. It costs less than a\u200b cup of\u2064 Starbucks coffee, and for that small price you get access to ALL of our content <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2014<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  news, commentary, and premium articles\u2062 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2014<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  \u2064you\u2019ll experience a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/making-a-dent-liability-fears-are-driving-providers-to-drop-gender-affirming-care-for-kids-even-where-its-legal\/\" title=\"Liability fears force providers to abandon 'Gender-Affirming Care' for kids, despite legality.\">radically reduced number<\/a> of ads, and most importantly you\u200c will be vitally supporting the fight against leftism.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><b>Can I count on \u2063you to <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/join-monthly\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><b>subscribe today<\/b><\/a><b>?<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  We need \u200cyour \u2064help. Benjamin Franklin summed up the situation we&#8217;re all \u200cfacing when he said, \u201cWe must all\u200b hang together, or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We plan to hang in and fight. Please help us. Please <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/join-monthly\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">subscribe\u200d today<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sincerely,<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Josh Manning<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Deputy Managing Editor<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Western Journal<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The\u2062 post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/republican-congresswoman-warns-americans-remain-vigilant-prepared-defend\/\">Republican Congresswoman Warns Americans to &#8216;Remain Vigilant,&#8217; Be &#8216;Prepared to Defend&#8217; Yourselves<\/a> appeared\u2063 first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What potential security risks are associated with the current situation at the \u200dsouthern border?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  \u200dLegally each year. Now we are seeing an average of more than one terrorist\u2063 per day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>These concerning reports highlight the need for Americans\u2062 to remain vigilant and prepared to \u2063defend themselves.\u200b The opening of the southern \u2064border\u2062 under the Biden administration has created a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-congresswoman-warns-americans-to-remain-vigilant-be-prepared-to-defend-yourselves\/\" title=\"GOP Congresswoman urges Americans to stay alert and ready to protect themselves.\">significant national security \u2064risk<\/a>. \u200bWith thousands of illegal immigrants entering the country unchecked, we have no idea\u2063 who is crossing our borders \u200dand what their intentions may be.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Miller&#8217;s emphasis on the Second Amendment as a safeguard of liberty and security is crucial in this context. The Second\u200b Amendment gives Americans the right to bear \u200carms, allowing them to protect\u200d themselves and their families. It is \u2063a fundamental right that must not be given up.<\/p>\n<p>While there\u200c are arguments for and against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/obama-calls-for-commonsense-gun-safety-laws-after-atlanta-shootings\/\" title=\"Obama Calls For \u2018Commonsense Gun Safety Laws\u2019 After Atlanta Shootings\">stricter gun control measures<\/a>, the current situation at the border underscores the importance of individual self-defense. With the threat of potential\u200d terrorists infiltrating our country, \u2063it is essential for law-abiding citizens to have the means to protect themselves if necessary.<\/p>\n<p>The examples of migrants with potential ties to ISIS entering the country through the U.S.-Mexico border demonstrate the real \u2063and immediate\u2062 danger posed by \u2063the uncontrolled influx \u200dof illegal immigrants.\u2063 These individuals are exploiting our weak border security, and \u2064it\u200c is the responsibility of every American to take action to secure their own safety.<\/p>\n<p>It is not enough to simply rely on the government for protection. As individuals, we must be prepared to defend ourselves and our loved ones. This means being aware of our surroundings, staying informed about potential threats, and,\u200d if necessary, exercising our Second Amendment rights to ensure our safety in the face of an uncertain and potentially dangerous situation.<\/p>\n<p>While it is essential\u2062 to \u2063have a comprehensive immigration policy that \u2064is fair, just, and upholds\u2064 the values \u2064of our nation, we cannot afford to ignore the immediate security risks posed by illegal immigration. The safety of American citizens should always be a\u200d top priority.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Miller&#8217;s warning serves as a \u200creminder that we must remain\u2064 vigilant and \u2063prepared. We must not become \u200ccomplacent \u200dor rely\u2062 solely on the \u2064government to protect us. It is our\u200c duty as responsible citizens to be proactive in our own \u2063defense and\u2064 to exercise our constitutional rights to safeguard\u2064 our\u200d liberty and security.<\/p>\n<p>As we\u2064 navigate through these challenging\u200c times, \u2063let us remember the importance of being prepared and\u200c taking action \u200dto protect ourselves. Let us not forget the significance of the Second Amendment and its role in ensuring our \u200dindividual rights\u200d and freedoms. Only by remaining vigilant and prepared can we truly defend ourselves and our families.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Mary Miller, an Illinois Republican Congresswoman, urges Americans to stay alert and protect their families amidst the dangers of uncontrolled, mass illegal immigration. She emphasizes the significance of exercising Second Amendment rights, using her social media platform to spread this message. 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