{"id":2284107,"date":"2024-06-26T16:12:20","date_gmt":"2024-06-26T20:12:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admins-immigration-victory-lap-interrupted-by-alarming-isis-bombshell-hundreds-smuggled-into-the-country\/"},"modified":"2024-06-26T16:16:04","modified_gmt":"2024-06-26T20:16:04","slug":"biden-admins-immigration-victory-lap-interrupted-by-alarming-isis-bombshell-hundreds-smuggled-into-the-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admins-immigration-victory-lap-interrupted-by-alarming-isis-bombshell-hundreds-smuggled-into-the-country\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Admin&#8217;s Immigration Victory Lap Interrupted by \u2018Alarming\u2019 ISIS Bombshell: Hundreds Smuggled Into the Country"},"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\">30<\/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%2Fbiden-admins-immigration-victory-lap-interrupted-by-alarming-isis-bombshell-hundreds-smuggled-into-the-country%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=2284107&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>The article \u200ddiscusses a recent White House memo that has been circulating\u200c on social media, which\u200d celebrates a 40% reduction in border encounters, representing a drop \u2064from previously high levels of illegal immigration.\u200c Despite this claimed improvement, the celebration was quickly\u2062 overshadowed by news of \u2063a new crisis involving over 50 individuals with \u2063potential ties to an ISIS-affiliated human smuggling\u2063 network entering the\u200c U.S.,\u200b with about 150\u200d others arrested and many still at large. The article criticizes the Biden administration for \u200btheir handling of border\u2062 policy and contrasts it with earlier policies under former President Trump. It also \u200dmentions the administration blaming \u200bRepublicans for blocking a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/thom-tillis-blasts-immoral-plan-to-sink-border-deal-in-order-to-help-trump\/\" title=\"Thom Tillis criticizes 'immoral' plot to sabotage border agreement for Trump's benefit\">bipartisan border\u2063 deal<\/a> and a call from the article&#8217;s publisher, The\u200b Western Journal, for\u200b support from readers citing challenges from Big Tech and reduced advertiser support. Further, the Western Journal promises to cover the \u2064upcoming 2024 election truthfully in contrast to the\u200c establishment media.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/commentary\/\">  Commentary <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/maustin\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/maustin\/%20\"><span>Michael Austin<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   June 26, 2024 at 12:14pm <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>This past week, Biden administration officials actually <em>celebrated<\/em> the job they\u2019ve done at the southern border.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, you read that right.<\/p>\n<p>A White House memo making the rounds on social media Wednesday touted a recent 40 percent reduction in border encounters (of course, a 40 percent reduction from the most unprecedented <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/exclusive-illegal-border-crossings-migrant-deaths-shattered-records-fiscal-year-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">surge in illegal immigration<\/a> is nothing to pat yourself on the back over).<\/p>\n<p>Just before they congratulated themselves for doing a slightly less terrible job at the border than they had been five minutes ago, news broke about a new border-related crisis involving ISIS.<\/p>\n<p>A comedian couldn\u2019t have timed this all any better.<\/p>\n<p>The memo, shared to X by News Nation\u2019s Washington correspondent Kellie Meyer, praised <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/emails-show-biden-admin-quietly-tried-remove-age-limits-trans-surgery-gave-infuriating-rationale\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">President Biden<\/a> for a series of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/buttigieg-claims-biden-is-doing-everything-that-he-responsibly-can-regarding-border-crisis\/\" title=\"Buttigieg says Biden is doing all he can on border crisis\">recent executive actions<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The memo even had the gall to criticize <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fox-news-cuts-trump-border-visit-feed-starts-talking-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump\u2019s border policies<\/a>, even though the now years-long Biden border crisis first began when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/four-democrat-senators-turn-biden-revoking-key-trump-border-security-policy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the sitting president rolled back<\/a> many Trump-era border policies.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">NEW Biden admin touting executive actions on June 4 for the drop in border encounters \u2013 more than 40% over the last three weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Biden admin again blames Republicans for blocking the bipartisan border deal.<\/p>\n<p>WH MEMO obtained from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AndrewJBates46?\">@AndrewJBates46<\/a> \u2b07\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/D03hQJkVDU\">pic.twitter.com\/D03hQJkVDU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kellie Meyer (@KellieMeyerNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KellieMeyerNews\/status\/1805939221825200318?\">June 26, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Has Biden\u2019s presidency made America less safe?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>White House Communications Director Ben LaBolt also enthusiastically shared the news of his boss becoming 40 percent less incompetent.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Immediate impact \ud83d\udc47 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Abo6sOoddR\">https:\/\/t.co\/Abo6sOoddR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ben LaBolt (@WHCommsDir) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WHCommsDir\/status\/1805946902971658450?\">June 26, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Only a day prior on Tuesday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/investigations\/dhs-identifies-400-migrants-brought-us-isis-linked-human-smuggling-rcna158777\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBC News<\/a> broke a story confirming that over 50 illegals with \u201cpotential ties to an ISIS-affiliated smuggling network\u201d have made their way into the U.S. and are currently at large.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/top-ice-official-makes-harrowing-camera-admission-biden-administration-border\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ICE<\/a> officials have arrested an additional 150 individuals smuggled in through the terror-connected network.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn this case, it was the information that suggested a potential tie to ISIS because of some of the individuals involved in [smuggling migrants to the border] that led us to want to take extra care,\u201d a senior Biden administration official told NBC News.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[A]nd out of an abundance of caution make sure that we exercised our authority in the most expansive and appropriate way to mitigate risk because of this potential connection being made.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In total, the ISIS-affiliated smuggling network brought over 400 illegals over the border.<\/p>\n<p>So, then, if 150 have been arrested, and roughly 50 are at large, what happened to the rest?<\/p>\n<p>Well, according to NBC News, Customs and Border Protection agents were forced to release them into the U.S. thanks to the policies pushed by the White House officials currently patting themselves on the backs right now.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike our current White House officials, according to former FBI counterterrorism chief Christopher O\u2019Leary, ICE is now \u201cscrambling\u201d to mop up this most recent border crisis mess.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe the [U.S.] is scrambling to locate these individuals,\u201d O\u2019Leary said.<\/p>\n<p>He worryingly added: \u201cThe fact that the whereabouts were unknown is clearly alarming.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thankfully, at least a few X users felt the need to rain on the Biden administration\u2019s parade by reminding the world of this most recent catastrophe.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoeBiden?\">@JoeBiden<\/a> is celebrating <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bedJo7XG76\">https:\/\/t.co\/bedJo7XG76<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dr. Martha Pocan (@DrSasshole) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrSasshole\/status\/1805955050294173909?\">June 26, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Way too little, and way too late.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/e2KbKdxqni\">https:\/\/t.co\/e2KbKdxqni<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Craig Lambert (@lambert_craig) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lambert_craig\/status\/1805953287520395441?\">June 26, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWay too little, and way too late,\u201d one user wrote in a post containing the NBC News report.<\/p>\n<p>I couldn\u2019t have said it any better 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Together, we really can save the country.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Thank you for your support!<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>P.S. <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/subscribe\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>Please stand with us<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>!<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"author-info-45247\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/maustin\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Manager of Writing and Reporting<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"summary-tab-radio-45247\">Summary<\/label><label for=\"more-info-tab-radio-45247\">More<span> Biographical Information<\/span><\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-45247\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-45247\" onclick=\"if( typeof grecaptcha=='undefined' ) { let cap_s=document.createElement( 'script' ); cap_s.src='https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js?render=6LeJFcsUAAAAAPsIEqvB1EebWbZfqRUe6ebMpGy7'; document.body.appendChild( cap_s ); }\">Contact<\/label><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Michael wrote for a number of entertainment news outlets before joining The Western Journal in 2020 as a staff reporter. He now manages the writing and reporting teams, overseeing the production of commentary, news and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/audiences-crave-older-movies-theatrical-re-release-trend-gains-steam-worldwide\/\" title=\"Movie Buffs Desire Vintage Films: Global Resurgence of Theatrical Re-Releases\">original reporting content<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>  Birthplace <\/p>\n<p>  Ames, Iowa <\/p>\n<p>  Nationality <\/p>\n<p>  American <\/p>\n<p>  Education <\/p>\n<p>  Iowa State University <\/p>\n<p>  Topics of Expertise <\/p>\n<p>  Culture, Faith, Politics, Education, Entertainment <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Commentary by Michael Austin, June 26, 2024. Biden administration officials recently praised their handling of the southern border, highlighting a 40% reduction in border encounters. 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