{"id":2205153,"date":"2024-03-24T15:14:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-24T19:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/border-patrol-chief-says-high-number-of-known-gotaways-keeps-him-up-at-night\/"},"modified":"2024-03-24T15:17:23","modified_gmt":"2024-03-24T19:17:23","slug":"border-patrol-chief-says-high-number-of-known-gotaways-keeps-him-up-at-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/border-patrol-chief-says-high-number-of-known-gotaways-keeps-him-up-at-night\/","title":{"rendered":"Border Patrol chief expresses concern over significant number of known individuals who evade capture, causing worry"},"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\">32<\/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%2Fborder-patrol-chief-says-high-number-of-known-gotaways-keeps-him-up-at-night%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=2205153&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>Border Patrol Chief\u200b Expresses \u200dConcern Over National Security Threat Posed by Illegal Immigration<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The head of the U.S.\u200c Border \u2062Patrol voiced \u2062his\u2063 apprehension about illegal immigration, labeling it a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-did-west-point-remove-duty-honor-courage-from-its-mission-statement\/\" title=\"What Led to West Point Removing \u2018Duty, Honor, Courage\u2019 from Its Mission Statement\">critical <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/we-got-it-newsmax-reporter-emerald-robinson-national-security-source-confirms-a-piece-of-hardware-has-been-secured-in-germany\/\" title=\"We Got It! - Newsmax Reporter Emerald Robinson: National Security Source Confirms \"A Piece of Hardware Has Been Secured\" in Germany\">national security<\/a> issue<\/a>. He expressed how the substantial count of\u200b known individuals slipping past authorities unsettles him, keeping him awake \u2062at night.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Owens&#8217; Striking Revelation<\/h3>\n<p>During his appearance on <strong>CBS News<\/strong>&#8216;s <em>Face the Nation<\/em>, Border Patrol Chief Jason Owens disclosed the challenges faced by \u200chis agency. With over <strong>20,000 agents<\/strong> tirelessly safeguarding nearly <strong>2,000 miles<\/strong> of the \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/daring-rescue-depicted-in-sound-of-freedom-was-all-thanks-to-the-border-wall\/\" title=\"Border Wall Enables Daring Rescue in 'Sound of Freedom'\">southern\u2063 border<\/a>, the strain is \u200dpalpable.<\/p>\n<p>Owens elucidated, <strong>\u201c[Cartels] dictate\u2062 what the\u2063 flow is going to look \u200clike. We respond to it, and we try and get out in front of it&#8230;\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Concerns Echoed<\/h3>\n<p>One of the most daunting aspects highlighted by Owens\u2063 in this escalating crisis is\u200d the risk it poses to <strong>national security<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cWe\u2019re\u2063 closing on a \u200dmillion entries this fiscal year alone,\u201d<\/strong> Owens revealed, underscoring the daunting reality of\u200d the situation. What truly \u200chaunts \u200dhim, however, is the <strong>\u201c140,000 \u200cknown gotaways.\u201d<\/strong> He emphasized the critical link between <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/congress-to-hold-hearing-on-bidens-border-wall-waste-after-washington-examiner-reporting\/\" title=\"Congress to investigate Biden's border wall spending following Washington Examiner's report.\">border\u200b security<\/a><\/strong> and <strong>national security<\/strong>, stressing the ominous nature of unidentified entrants.<\/p>\n<h3>Diverse Inflow Across the Border<\/h3>\n<p>Owens \u200bhighlighted \u200cthe remarkable \u2064diversity of those\u2063 crossing the border illegally, with individuals hailing from more than <strong>160 countries<\/strong>. This includes regions\u2063 spanning from Europe, Africa, and Asia to the Americas.<\/p>\n<p>Responding to allegations concerning the release\u2063 of individuals\u200d from institutions abroad, Owens expressed his unease over the unknown\u2063 implications of such actions.<\/p>\n<h3>Humanizing\u200c the Situation<\/h3>\n<p>While acknowledging that \u2064the majority of border crossers \u200care <strong>well-intentioned\u200c individuals<\/strong>, Owens\u2063 stressed the\u2062 importance of respecting established laws. He lamented the disregard for national\u2063 regulations, \u200cwhich\u2064 not only jeopardizes security \u200bbut \u2063also endangers the populace.<\/p>\n<p>Despite Biden&#8217;s attempts to shift responsibility \u2064for the border crisis, Owens \u2064remains\u200c focused on the critical nature of the situation at hand. Undeniably, the\u2063 escalating numbers of encounters at the border are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democratic-representative-henry-cuellar-carjacked-in-washington-dc\/\" title=\"Henry Cuellar, Democratic Representative, carjacked in DC.\">reaching unprecedented\u2063 levels<\/a>, warranting immediate attention and resolution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The chief of the U.S. Border Patrol highlighted illegal immigration as a national security risk, citing his worries about the significant number of known individuals who evade capture. Speaking on CBS News&#8217;s Face the Nation, Border Patrol Chief Jason Owens cautioned about the strain on the agency, with 20,000 agents overseeing nearly 2,000<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2635,"featured_media":2205154,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AP24060730383790-1-1024x591.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2205153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AP24060730383790-1-1024x591.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2205153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2635"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2205153"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2205153\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2205154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2205153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2205153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2205153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}