{"id":2412575,"date":"2025-03-11T17:33:03","date_gmt":"2025-03-11T21:33:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mtg-blasts-failure-to-screen-passengers-at-border-under-biden\/"},"modified":"2025-03-11T17:37:12","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T21:37:12","slug":"mtg-blasts-failure-to-screen-passengers-at-border-under-biden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mtg-blasts-failure-to-screen-passengers-at-border-under-biden\/","title":{"rendered":"MTG blasts &#8216;failure&#8217; to screen passengers at border under Biden"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fmtg-blasts-failure-to-screen-passengers-at-border-under-biden%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=2412575&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>During a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/whats-next-great-awakening-or-great-reset\/\" title=\"What\u2019s Next? Great Awakening or Great Reset?\">recent congressional hearing<\/a>, Rep. \u200dMarjorie Taylor Greene\u200c (R-GA) criticized the Department of Homeland\u2063 Security (DHS) for what \u200cshe called a\u200c &#8220;complete failure&#8221; in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-denies-jack-smiths-deadline-request-leaving-classified-document-trial-date-in-doubt\/\" title=\"Judge denies Jack Smith...s deadline request, leaving classified document trial date in doubt\">national \u200csecurity protocols<\/a> regarding \u2062passenger\u2063 screening at U.S. land ports of entry. She referenced a\u2063 2024 report by the Office of \u2063Inspector General, which revealed that U.S.Customs and\u2062 Border Protection (CBP) officers occasionally suspended \u2062screening for \u200dpassengers in vehicles, allowing indiscriminate entry. Greene equated this lapse to leaving one&#8217;s home open without\u2063 checking who enters, emphasizing the risks associated with unscreened individuals \u2063being allowed into \u2063the country.\u2062 The \u2062hearing highlighted operational inconsistencies \u200cat ports of entry, with\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">officers reportedly waiving screenings<\/a> during high traffic periods. This issue is notably concerning given\u2063 the notable \u200bnumber of undocumented immigrants encountered by CBP under the Biden administration.  <\/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<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Marjorie Taylor Greene blasts &lsquo;complete failure&rsquo; to screen vehicle passengers at border under Biden<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2027049\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>A House Republican was outraged to learn that customs officers at land <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/border\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">ports of entry<\/a> did not always screen passengers in vehicles at the height of the Biden-era border crisis and said the decision not to do so represented a &ldquo;complete failure&rdquo; in national security.<\/p>\n<p>During a congressional hearing Tuesday, Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/marjorie-taylor-greene\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Marjorie Taylor Greene<\/a> (R-GA) asked an official from the Department of <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/homeland-security\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Homeland Security<\/a>&lsquo;s Office of Inspector General about its 2024 investigation that found U.S. Customs and Border Protection had allowed officers to suspend screening protocols for people seeking admission to the United States, which is permitted on rare occasions.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3343762\/house-gop-funding-johnson-confident-measure-pass\/\">House GOP funding patch clears first hurdle with Mike Johnson confident measure will pass<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3343481\/johnson-afghan-visa-extension-funding-bill\/\">Johnson drops Afghan visa extension to win over funding bill holdouts<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3343499\/watch-live-house-gop-leaders-hold-press-conference-as-funding-bill-vote-looms\/\">WATCH LIVE: House GOP leaders hold press conference as funding bill vote looms<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;In a 2024 OIG report, CBP could not biometrically confirm the identity of all persons seeking entry in vehicles at land ports of entry,&rdquo; Greene said in a House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability hearing on waste and abuse at the DHS under former President Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We knew that CBP wasn&rsquo;t verifying the identities of people crossing the border in between ports of entry, but they weren&rsquo;t even able to fully identify people at ports of entry in cars,&rdquo; said Greene. &ldquo;That would be like us opening up our doors to our house, opening up our windows, and not checking to see who&rsquo;s coming in with our children in our house.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In a June 2024 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oig.dhs.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/assets\/2024-06\/OIG-24-27-Jun24-Redacted.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">audit<\/a> by the DHS OIG, investigators found that ports of entry had &ldquo;inconsistent&rdquo; practices when choosing whether to ask passengers in vehicles for identification or personal information, allowing a countless number of unscreened people to enter the country at more than 100 land ports of entry nationwide.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;On occasion, [U.S. Customs and Border Protection&rsquo;s Office of Field Operations officers] would forego screening passengers,&rdquo; 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