President Trump made a very generous offer to the Democrats in the House of Representatives today regarding border security on our southern border. Unfortunately it is a pretty safe bet that they will turn down the offer. So exactly what is at stake?<\/p>\n
On January 7th Christopher Holton posted an article at The Center For Security Policy<\/a> about the security threat on our southern border. It is a rather detailed article, and I suggest that you follow the link above and read the entire article.<\/p>\n Here are some of the highlights:<\/p>\n For instance in May 2001, former Mexican National security adviser and ambassador to the United Nations, Adolfo Aguilar Zinser, reported, that \u2018Islamic terrorist groups are using Mexico as a refuge<\/strong><\/a>.\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n There is no way to estimate how many jihadists may already have crossed into the U.S. from Mexico. But the time to play politics with the border issue is long past. The shallow sloganeering and race-baiting that have dominated the national debate about border controls should be recognized as what they are: hindrances to sane and sensible national defense measures.<\/strong><\/p>\n …Mexicans trying to enter the U.S. illegally are often simply processed at the border and sent back. But Mexico won\u2019t allow us to send citizens from other countries back through Mexico, and under U.S. law, they\u2019re entitled to a formal deportation hearing. The immigration service lacks beds to hold them, so the vast majority of OTMs are released from custody and asked to voluntarily return for their court date.<\/strong><\/p>\n For instance, in 2005 alone, there were estimated to be 71,000 such OTM fugitives.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n …The intrepid Todd Bensman of the excellent Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) has provided the highlights of that report\u2019s findings<\/strong><\/a>:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 The recent migrant caravans originating in Central America have included \u201cseveral SIAs (Special Interest Aliens), and potentially\u201d known or suspected terrorists traveling toward the U.S. border.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 The U.S. Department of Homeland Security continues to prioritize the SIA threat as one of the top threats to the homeland because of the consistently \u201clarge number\u201d of individuals from special interest countries that travel to the Western Hemisphere using illicit pathways.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 Written ISIS materials and publications have encouraged ISIS followers to cross the U.S. Southwest Border.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 DHS Border Patrol Agents \u201croutinely\u201d encounter SIAs at the border using routes controlled by transnational criminal organizations.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 Statistics on the number of known or suspected terrorists on routes to the border are often classified, but the threat posed by \u201cthe existence of illicit pathways into the United States\u201d highlights that \u201cborder security is national security\u201d as terrorist groups seek to exploit vulnerabilities among neighboring countries to fund, support, and commit attacks against the homeland.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 The report lists five open-source, unclassified cases representing the types of individuals and threats associated with illicit routes to the homeland. (CIS recently compiled and published a list of 15.) A number of heavily redacted cases are included in which biometric enrollment information uncovered suspected terrorists in 2013, 2015, and 2018.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 The frequency of international flights from special interest regions into Latin America and the Caribbean continues to increase due to economic and governance challenges in those countries that create an attractive environment for illicit SIA travel to the U.S. border.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 ICE Homeland Security Investigations is deeply enmeshed in investigations and operations throughout Central America to counter human smuggling organizations that move SIAs in Panama, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Colombia, and Brazil.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 The United States-Canada border \u201cis also susceptible to exploitation by SIAs.\u201d<\/em><\/strong> It’s time for the politicians in Washington to stop fooling around and secure the border. The next terrorist attack in America will be on their hands.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" President Trump made a very generous offer to the Democrats in the House of Representatives today regarding border security on our southern border. Unfortunately it is a pretty safe bet that they will turn down the offer. So exactly what … Continue reading
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