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On the recordJuly 11, 2024
Mr. President, last month's arrest of eight men from Tajikistan with suspected ties to ISIS further underscores what we have known for a long time, and that is that President Biden's 3-year-plus border crisis is a threat to our national security. All eight of these individuals had made their way into our country across our southern border, and they are hardly the only dangerous individuals to have made their way into our country on President Biden's watch. An illegal immigrant who had successfully evaded the Border Patrol to enter the United States has been arrested for the murder of a mother in Maryland. An illegal immigrant released into the country on parole has been charged with the murder of a nursing student in Georgia. Two illegal immigrants are charged with the killing of a 12-year-old girl in Texas. Unfortunately, I could go on. In another alarming case, 50 out of 400 illegal immigrants who entered the United States through an ISIS-linked smuggling network are still unaccounted for. It is, of course, impossible to predict or stop every crime, but the chaos at our southern border that President Biden has allowed to rage for 3-plus years has unquestionably created an environment that facilitates the entry of dangerous individuals into our country. Since President Biden took office, approximately 10 million individuals, that we know of, have made their way illegally into our country--10 million.…
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John Thune
Republican · South Dakota

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