Congressman Biggs: DHS Failure to Notice Heightened Risk of Terrorism is Unacceptable

This week, Congressman Andy Biggs (R-AZ) sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas regarding DHS’s failure to issue a National Terrorism Advisory System (NTAS) Bulletin on the number of terrorists who have illegally entered the country. More than 360 illegal aliens on the terror watchlist—and upwards of 52,000 who were identified as “special interest aliens” because of national security concerns—have been apprehended by Border Patrol agents since President Joe Biden took office in January of 2021. 

Several of these foreign nationals in the country illegally have already planned or attempted to conduct terror operations within the United States. Recent examples include two Jordanians who attempted to infiltrate the Marine Corps base in Quantico and eight Tajikistanis who were planning to detonate a bomb. Members of South and Central American gangs have also committed violent crimes in major U.S. cities.

Despite these alarming statistics, Mayorkas’s DHS has refused to alert the American public to the heightened risk of a terrorist attack on U.S. soil. Congressman Biggs’s letter requires DHS to provide answers to its failure to properly inform Americans of the danger of the Biden Administration’s open border policies. 

“Alejandro Mayorkas’s negligent refusal to secure and protect America from terrorist threats is unacceptable,” said Congressman Biggs.

“More than 10 million illegal aliens have invaded our country during Mayorkas’s tenure as DHS Secretary. The Biden Administration’s disastrous open border policies make it impossible for Border Patrol agents to properly vet foreign nationals flowing unchecked through our porous borders. Even the administration’s own FBI Director has repeatedly warned against the increasing likelihood of terrorist attacks carried out by unvetted illegal aliens.

“The Biden Administration adamantly refuses to enforce existing U.S. immigration law to protect American citizens from foreign threats. DHS must provide answers for its failure to alert Americans to the increased risk of terror threats. I’m grateful to my colleagues for joining this effort as we await Secretary Mayorkas’s response.”

Cosigners of this letter are: Rep. Harriet Hageman (R-WY), Rep. Diana Harshbarger (R-TN), Rep. Bob Good (R-VA), Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-OR), Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC), Rep. Keith Self (R-TX), Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-WI), Rep. Tom McClintock (R-CA), Rep. Earl “Buddy” Carter (R-GA), Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN), Rep. Eli Crane (R-AZ), Rep. Brian Babin (R-TX), Rep. Ben Cline (R-VA), and Rep. Josh Brecheen (R-OK).

The letter may be read here.

The Washington Examinercovered the letter here.