attack domestic targets. “Who knows what dangerous


plans those gotaways are making and what foreign adversaries they may be speaking with?” Johnson told Congress. “We may suffer preventable terror


attacks here in the homeland if we don’t immediately secure the border and remove these dangerous terrorists.” Mark Morgan, former CBP act-


ing commissioner and a law enforce- ment analyst for Newsmax, said it is “beyond shocking and scary” to see so many potentially dangerous indi- viduals getting into the U.S. “It is a shocking indication of how vulnerable we are,” he said. “Border security is synonymous with nation- al security.” Since President Joe Biden came


into office three years ago, more than 7 million illegals have crossed the southern border — more than the individual populations of 35 states. Border Patrol officers say they


have apprehended migrants from 180 different countries, many with direct ties to terrorism. The number of migrants origi-


nating from countries in Africa and the Middle East where terror groups have a foothold has more than dou-


Fentanyl Flood Kills 112,000 Americans


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hile the Department of Homeland Security says


that “terrorists pose a threat to the homeland,” it notes that Americans are more likely to die from overdosing on fentanyl smuggled across the border. An estimated 112,000 Americans


died from drug overdoses last year, mostly caused by fentanyl. The drug is now the leading cause of death among adults ages 18-45. House Speaker Mike Johnson noted that in his home state of Louisiana, 95% of drug overdoses in New Orleans are caused by fentanyl. It is manufactured in China and


Mexico and smuggled across the southern border by Mexican drug cartels.


bled, from 110,000 last fiscal year to 228,000 during the current one. During the last two years, CBP


data shows 72,823 migrants were apprehended from 11 particular countries of concern: Syria, Yemen, Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Lebanon,


In June, Julio Velazquez allegedly picked up a woman who thought he was a cab driver from a nightclub in Florida and drove her to a secluded location, where he brutally raped her. She managed to escape after he reportedly punched her in the head, knocked her unconscious, strangled her, and threatened to kill her. In July, Juan Gonzales-Silvia allegedly shot and killed his girlfriend before subsequently fleeing Portland, Oregon. Less than a week later, he was arrested after a police chase in Callaway County, Missouri. He was reportedly driving a stolen vehicle and was caught with an illegal firearm and 89 fentanyl pills. In August, Juan Carlos Garcia-Rodriguez allegedly raped and


strangled an 11-year-old girl in Pasadena, Texas. He then stuffed the child’s body into a laundry basket that he hid under her bed. It was reported that Garcia-Rodriguez arrived at the southwest border in January 2023. Because he was 17, he was released as an unaccompanied alien child to an adult sponsor in Shreveport, Louisiana. At the end of January, a mob of migrants beat up two New York


Police Department oficers near Times Square. Five suspects were arrested, including one who had prior arrests for allegedly getting


Egypt, Pakistan, Mauritania, Uzbeki- stan, and Turkey. Morgan pointed out that these


“special interest” individuals come from countries that outwardly “spon- sor, harbor, and facilitate terrorism. We have no way of vetting them.” Without any way of knowing who


those people are or where they come from, Morgan said it is “not a mat- ter of ‘if’ a potential terrorist threat makes their way into the U.S. — it’s already here.” After the Israeli-Hamas war broke


out, the San Diego Field Office Intel- ligence Unit, which is part of the CBP, issued an internal memo warn- ing about how the conflict in the Middle East could affect the border crisis. The memo stated that the unit


“assesses that individuals inspired by, or reacting to, the current Israel- Hamas conflict may attempt travel to or from the area of hostilities in the Middle East via circuitous transit across the southwest border.” The memo included photos of Hezbollah, Hamas, and Islamic Jihad patches and advised officers to question military-aged single men about potential associations with the groups.


into a fight with security personnel during a shoplifting incident. CBP data shows that border agents have arrested tens of thousands of people with criminal convictions who go on to commit more crimes when they’re released into the U.S. “There have been repeat illegal crossers who have been


convicted before of murder or rape who were let in or snuck in and then go on to commit crimes against Americans,” said Lora Ries, director of the Border Security and Immigration Center at The Heritage Foundation. Law enforcement oficials are also warning of a spike in human


traficking across the border. In May 2023, CBP encountered an average of 435


unaccompanied minors per day. A study cited by Heritage suggests that cartels and trafickers


will exploit 60% of these children in prostitution, forced labor, and child pornography. To make matters worse, in June alone, the Biden administration


released 344 kids to nonrelated adults in the U.S. — most of whom already had multiple children in their care. These children are prime targets for trafickers for sex or labor.


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