Fox News host Laura Ingraham criticized the Biden administration on Monday, citing a Daily Caller News Foundation report on terrorists released into the United States.
A member of the Somalia-based Islamic extremist terrorist organization al-Shabaab was arrested at the U.S.-Mexico border in March 2023 and released to the U.S. before being arrested in January, according to a memo obtained by DCNF. Ta. Ingraham told Republican Sen. Eric Schmidt of Missouri that the incident was a symptom of a “real problem.” (Related article: Who did Mayorkas blame for the largest monthly surge in illegal immigration on record?)
Ingraham told Schmidt, “The terrorist crossed the border into Minnesota, and federal authorities finally arrested him, but allowed him to enter the country. He had been roaming free for nearly a year.” . “He is a Somali member of al-Shabaab, and this was an internal federal memo obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation.”
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According to the memo, the al-Shabaab members illegally entered the United States near San Ysidro, California, and were arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Minnesota on January 20, nearly a year later.
U.S. authorities did not confirm his identity until January 18, two days before he was taken into custody.
“They let him slip by and he went straight to Minnesota, which of course has a very large Somali community,” Ingraham said. “What has always been a concern for many people is that allowing al-Shabaab members into countries with open borders could be a major problem.”
More than 440,000 illegal immigrants were released into the US in three months, according to data released By U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
CBP reported more than 302,000 illegal immigrants in December, after encountering nearly 380,000 illegal immigrants at the U.S.-Mexico border in the first two months of fiscal year 2024, which begins Oct. 1. reported crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. according to Based on data released by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). CBP reported 2,045,838 encounters in fiscal year 2023, 2,206,436 in fiscal year 2022, and 1,659,206 in fiscal year 2021.
“We don't know who these people are or where they are,” Schmidt said of the released illegal immigrants. “A lot of people are on parole, and it's supposed to be an individual sentence, but Biden, by the way, one of the things he's getting wrong is targeting an entire class of people in a particular country with a trial date.” , and are using it illegally, sometimes even in the 2030s. So this is a complete abuse of our system. ”
Schmidt continued: “This is what happens when you have a bunch of world citizens with open borders running the White House of the United States.”
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