newYou can now listen to Fox News articles.
The United States faces old threats, new threats, and growing threats that must be addressed as soon as possible. If we delay securing our broken borders, it will be like playing Russian roulette with national security at stake.
More than 200 Americans die every day from fentanyl overdose. This is equivalent to the September 11 attacks occurring almost every two weeks due to illegal drugs flowing across the border. Every week we delay is a death sentence for thousands of Americans.
The shameful withdrawal from Afghanistan has galvanized terrorist organizations around the world. With the turmoil in Syria, jihadist groups threatening the United States are increasing in capacity and numbers. The recent collapse of Syria's Assad regime is a major loss for Russia and Iran, but the chaos it brings to the region could pose a direct threat to the United States.
New data reveals that America has tens of thousands of non-citizens who have been ordered deported by hostile countries
First, the militants who overthrew the Assad regime had past ties to al-Qaeda, whose leader was a former detainee captured on the battlefield in Iraq and had ties to ISIS founder Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. .
Migrants heading north toward the U.S. border walk along a highway through Suchiate, Chiapas state in southern Mexico, Sunday, July 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Edgar H. Clemente)
Second, Turkey considers the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, a primarily Kurdish force guarding more than 50,000 ISIS prisoners, a terrorist organization. These Kurdish forces are helping the US destroy the ISIS caliphate, and if compromised could lead to the escape of ISIS prisoners.
That would be a nightmare for America and the rest of the world.
Some may have forgotten, but ISIS is the author and author of some of the worst terrorist attacks the world has ever seen. On November 13, 2015, 130 people were killed in attacks on multiple locations in Paris, France, including the Bataclan Theater. In 2016, 49 Americans were killed in an ISIS-inspired shooting at a Florida nightclub. The following year, 22 people were murdered at a concert arena in Manchester, England.
Now, imagine a perfect storm.
Cartels are in the business of bringing people to America and will take money from anyone, including terrorists. The terrorist groups occupying Syria, most of which the United States wants removed, are now in new positions of power. If any of these terrorists, ISIS or not, want to invade our country, they'll just have to pay money-hungry cartels.
Over the past four years, there have been 1.7 million encounters with illegal immigrants from “special interest countries” (countries that DHS has determined pose the greatest national security and counterintelligence threat to the United States) along the southern border; The number of encounters with immigrants was 687. Terrorist watch list. If the border crisis is left unchecked, any number of terrorists could enter America, and we would be equally ill-advised.
For more FOX News opinions, click here
Strengthening national security is essential. The way to do this is to secure a broken border, increase the number of ICE agents deporting criminals and gang members, and increase bed space in detention centers so that illegal immigrants do not have to be released into the United States. is. We're going to build a wall and we're going to install technology that gives us 24/7 visibility at our borders.
President-elect Donald Trump was committed to securing our borders and making America safer and more prosperous. A centerpiece of his campaign was to repair the damage done by the Biden administration and do it quickly.
The shameful withdrawal from Afghanistan has galvanized terrorist organizations around the world. With the turmoil in Syria, jihadist groups threatening the United States are increasing in capacity and numbers. The recent collapse of Syria's Assad regime is a major loss for Russia and Iran, but the chaos it brings to the region could pose a direct threat to the United States.
I will be the Senate Budget Committee Chairman in the new Congress. Incoming Senate Majority Leader John Thune and I have been working closely with the Trump campaign to get a transformative border security bill through the budget reconciliation process and onto President Trump's desk as quickly as possible in the new year.
I strongly believe that the Trump tax cuts should not expire. They should also find ways to achieve regulatory reforms and spending cuts to address the budget deficit. The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and other stakeholders will be a valuable resource to the Committee in reducing spending and securing tax cuts.
CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP
But the top priority for the Senate Appropriations Committee, and the Trump administration, is to secure the southern border and help the Pentagon fight the growing threat before it's too late. I urge all members of the House and Senate to receive intelligence briefings on the looming threat.
As threats increase around the world, we are living on borrowed time. If we fail to protect our broken borders at this time of great crisis, the United States will likely become the victim of a national security disaster.
Click here for more information about SEN. lindsay graham
