Alabama Public Service Commission Chairman Twinkle Kavanaugh joins a growing list of state legislators and leaders calling for tougher measures at the southern border to crack down on the mass illegal immigration currently occurring there. Joined the.

Kavanaugh called for immediate action and said the border crisis is no longer a crisis but an “invasion.”

This is no longer a border crisis. That's an invasion! https://t.co/np61xQas0z

— Twinkle Andres Kavanaugh (@TwinkleforAL) January 27, 2024

a Recent letters from 10 former FBI officials Statements submitted to the U.S. House and Senate appear to support Kavanaugh's claims.

The officials, including former Terrorist Testing Center Director Timothy Healy and FBI Deputy Directors Kevin Block and Chris Swecker, said in the letter that “the United States has never experienced a homeland invasion in its modern history. “There is no such invasion, but that invasion is happening right now.” Mark Morgan is a former acting commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection and a former FBI director.

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“Thousands of military-age men from around the world, from countries and regions unfriendly to the United States, are landing on our soil in waves by the thousands, landing from ships and parachuting from planes. “Rather than descending, they are crossing the ocean on foot. Borders are largely unprotected and are accurately advertised around the world as allowing easy access,” the official continued. Ta.

The group also warned that an attack like Hamas's Oct. 7 attack on Israel is now very likely due to years of lax security on the southern border.

“It's harsh to say that, but the fact that we have a large number of young men within our borders who could emulate 10/7 and start attacking gatherings of unarmed civilians at the behest of foreign terrorist groups… “possibility must be considered a distinct problem.'' “

Customs and Border Protection recorded 2.4 million migrant encounters at the southern border in 2023, with more than 302,000 of those encounters occurring in December.

Austin Shipley is a staff writer at Yellowhammer News.