House Republicans demand answers from Biden administration after Palestinian terror suspects nabbed at border: ‘Systemic problem’
House Republicans asked two top Biden administration officials on Tuesday to provide more information about the three suspected Palestinian terrorists who were apprehended crossing the US-Mexico border illegally last month.
The letter, addressed to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and FBI Director Christopher Wray, comes after Border Patrol agents detained the Palestinian nationals and one migrant from Turkey also suspected of having ties to terror groups along the San Diego sector of the border. The incident is being investigated by the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force.
“These recent arrests highlight a systemic pattern in the rise of known or suspected terrorists attempting to, and successfully, crossing the Southwest border,” House Homeland Security Chairman Mark Green (R-Tenn.) and Reps. Clay Higgins (R-La.), Dan Bishop (R-NC) and August Pfluger (R-Texas) wrote in their missive. The lawmakers note that they have not been told “whether these individuals have ties to Hamas, Hizballah (sic), or another US-designated foreign terrorist organization” and demand that Wray and Mayorkas provide Congress with the “complete Alien Files” of the four individuals as well as information potentially linking them terror groups and Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer and prosecutor notes relating to the foreign nationals. They ask that the Biden administration officials comply with their request by Aug. 27.
California sheriff used in Kamala campaign ad says he doesn’t endorse Harris, who ‘did nothing’ to halt border crossings, cartels
A California sheriff blasted Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign on Tuesday for using his likeness in a new ad without his permission, adding that he doesn’t endorse the Democratic presidential nominee because she “did nothing to stop people from illegally crossing the border.”
“In light of a recent political ad put out by Kamala Harris featuring Sheriff Boudreaux, as well as other local law enforcement, the Sheriff wants to make it abundantly clear that his image is being used without his permission, and he does NOT endorse Harris for President or any other political office,” Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux told Fox News in a statement.
“The truth is, Harris never cared about the cartels and did nothing to stop people from illegally crossing the border,” Boudreaux fired back.