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der as of July — up from 100 who tried to cross during the previous fiscal year. The number of migrants com-
ing from countries in Africa and the Middle East, the areas where terror groups have a particularly strong foothold, has more than doubled from last fiscal year, rising from 110,000 to 228,000. National security experts say that
even more concerning than the ter- rorists who were apprehended at the border is the number of illegal immi- grants who are being released into the U.S. without being fully vetted. Mark Morgan, former Customs
and Border Patrol acting commis- sioner and a senior law enforcement analyst for Newsmax, points out that Border Patrol officers have encoun- tered and apprehended migrants from 170 different countries — including many with direct ties to terrorism. “We can’t fully say what their ide-
ology is, who their allegiance is to, but we are releasing them,” he said. The San Diego Field Office Intel-
ligence Unit, which is part of Cus- toms and Border Protection, recently issued an internal memo warning about how the conflict in the Middle East could affect the border. 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.” It noted that “foreign fighters motivated by ideology or mercenary soldiers of fortune may attempt to obfuscate travel to or from the U.S. to or from countries in the Middle East through Mexico.” The memo included photos of Hezbollah, Hamas, and Islamic Jihad patches and advised officers to question military-age single men about any potential associations with the groups. Shideler said that what amounts
18 NEWSMAX | DECEMBER 2023
ANGRY VOICES Pro-Palestinian Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., speaks as Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., listens during a demonstration calling for a ceasefire in Gaza near the Capitol in Washington on Oct. 18. Bush accused Israel of “ethnic cleansing” in Gaza while her fellow squad member Tlaib blamed Israel for bombing a hospital, even though that was quickly disproved.
to the “equivalent of an infantry divi- sion” of mostly military-age males crosses the U.S. border on a near daily basis — and “we have no idea who most of them are.” He points out that many are asso-
ciated with cartels and cross while “wearing camouflage and carrying arms.”
Because Hezbollah — a Lebanon-
based Shia terrorist group that is also backed by Iran — has strong ties to drug-trafficking cartels and the Ven- ezuelan government, Shideler said its members “could easily move among these illegal alien flows without any problems.” Documents covering immigration
patterns between Jan. 12 and Sept. 30 show that 55,690 Venezuelans were released into the U.S. after utilizing the new CBP One app.
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quick to condemn Israel for the false claim that it struck a hospital in Gaza. Even though it has been discredited, she hasn’t deleted her statement. Tlaib isn’t the only member of
Congress siding with Hamas. Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., accused Israel of engaging in “ethnic cleansing” in its ongoing operation in Gaza. She posted on social media platform
X that “millions of people with nowhere to go” are “being slaughtered” in Gaza as Israel conducts its campaign to root out the terror group. “We can’t be silent about Israel’s ethnic cleansing campaign,” she wrote. “Babies, dead. Pregnant women, dead. Elderly, dead. Generations of families, dead.” She added: “Millions of people
in Gaza with nowhere to go being slaughtered. The U.S. must stop funding these atrocities against Palestinians.”
Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., posted on social media platform X that “millions of people with nowhere to go” are “being slaughtered” in Gaza as Israel conducts its campaign to root out the terror group.
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