Former ICE Chief: Biden Border Policies ‘Greatest National Security Threat Since 9/11’

The previous appearing director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement beneath the Trump administration says the Biden administration’s border insurance policies are making a nationwide safety risk which might be “virtually treasonous.”

Tom Homan made the declare as U.S. Customs and Border Safety Workplace of Discipline Operation brokers have to date apprehended 332 identified or suspected terrorists this fiscal 12 months so far. This consists of 125 caught on the southern border and 207 on the northern border.

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It’s the unknown that retains Homan and others in legislation enforcement up at evening, he mentioned.

At a current city corridor occasion in El Paso organized by the Texas Public Coverage Basis, Homan spoke on a panel expressing his worry that one other terrorist assault towards Individuals may happen as a direct results of Biden administration insurance policies.

“This administration has created such a disaster that it’s not about immigration anymore. It’s about border safety,” he mentioned. “Whenever you trigger a disaster this huge and take 70% of brokers off the road, that makes the border weak.”

With the general public well being authority Title 42’s finish and extra individuals getting into the U.S., extra brokers are pulled off the road, making the border extra weak, Homan mentioned. “Which means extra fentanyl is coming throughout to kill extra Individuals. Which means extra girls and kids can be trafficked throughout that border,” he mentioned. “Which means extra migrants are going to die. Which means extra identified, suspected terrorists are going to cross that border.”

“What’s taking place is the best nationwide safety risk since 9/11,” he continued. “Border Patrol has arrested individuals from 171 international locations. Many of those international locations are sponsors of terrorism.”

Homan additionally pointed to the file variety of gotaways, those that’ve illegally entered the U.S. and evaded seize by legislation enforcement, which complete over 1.7 million reported by Border Patrol brokers because the president’s been in workplace.

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“If you happen to don’t assume a single one of many 1.7 million is coming from a rustic that sponsors terrorism, you then’re ignoring the info,” he mentioned. “That’s what makes this an enormous nationwide safety problem.”

The Biden administration has maintained the border is closed whereas additionally increasing entry via the usage of a CBPOne App, opening asylum places of work abroad, and sending 1000’s of federal workers to the border to “scale up processing efforts.”

And whereas Division of Homeland Safety Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas claimed Trump administration insurance policies have been inhumane, Homan argues Biden administration insurance policies are inhumane.

“Individuals on this administration assume its insurance policies are humane,” Homan mentioned, “however they’re killing Individuals in file numbers. They’re killing migrants in file numbers. Since Joe Biden’s been president, over 1,700 migrants have died on US soil.”

What’s taking place isn’t “mismanagement,” he mentioned. “This isn’t incompetence. That is by design. They ran on open border insurance policies.

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“That is about public security and nationwide safety. Mark my phrases, I don’t know what number of terrorist have come throughout the border however some day we’re going to search out out and it will likely be a foul day for this nation.”

Homan mentioned the Biden administration was facilitating thousands and thousands of individuals coming to the U.S. illegally and going to so-called sanctuary cities on function.

“The thousands and thousands of individuals heading to sanctuary cities can be counted within the subsequent census,” he mentioned. When seats are apportioned for Congress, he mentioned, “that’s going to create extra seats in Congress for Democrats. They offered this nation out. It’s virtually treasonous.”

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