A Republican congressman warned that a “devastating” terrorist attack is likely unless the Biden Administration addresses the immigration crisis.
Homeland Security Chairman Mark Green sharply criticized the president for allowing people with “terrorist ties” and “significant criminal connections” to “roam freely” throughout the country.
He argued that “bad actors exploiting our borders” has become the “norm” under Biden and warned that it is “only a matter of time” before terrorist attacks occur on American soil.
Their criticism comes after six Russian nationals with possible links to ISIS were arrested in New York, Philadelphia and Los Angeles last week in a coordinated operation by law enforcement.
Anonymous ICE officials told the New York Post that a wiretap revealed that one of the suspects had been talking about bombs, raising concerns that a horrific attack like 9/11 or the Boston Marathon bombing could happen again.
Homeland Security Chairman Mark Green warned that a “devastating” terrorist attack is likely unless the Biden Administration addresses the immigration crisis.
Six Russian citizens with possible links to ISIS have been arrested in New York, Philadelphia and Los Angeles in a coordinated operation by law enforcement; one source feared they were planning a Boston Marathon-style bomb attack (pictured).
Two ICE officials said they arrested the suspected terrorist affiliates last week after the FBI raised the alarm.
The suspects are originally from Tajikistan and also have Russian citizenship, according to the Post.
“Almost weekly we receive reports that someone with terrorist ties or other significant criminal connections has been released into our country and allowed to roam freely for months or even years,” Green told DailyMail.com, in response to the arrests.
‘These bad actors exploiting our borders used to be the exception; is quickly becoming the norm under President Biden and the now-impeached Secretary Mayorkas.
‘It is only a matter of time before one of these individuals connected to a terrorist group is involved in something devastating on American soil, and this administration will be held accountable. How much longer are we going to let this madness continue?’
The eight arrested had entered the United States across the southern border last spring and went through the government’s vetting process without finding information that would have identified them as potential terrorism-related concerns.
They are being held for immigration violations and are in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which made the arrests while working with the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF), pending proceedings to expel them from the country.
An ICE official familiar with the operation told The Post that one of the suspects had been talking about bombs, adding: ‘Remember the Boston Marathon (bombing)? I’m afraid something like this could happen again or worse.’
The suspect in question has been involved with authorities before and will have a court date next year, according to the source.
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It comes as senior law enforcement officials warned that the threat of a terrorist attack in the United States has increased “enormously” in recent months.
Attorney General Merrick Garland made this surprising admission while testifying before the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday during a hearing dedicated to investigating the politicization of the department.
“I am concerned about the possibility of a terrorist attack in the country after October 7,” said Attorney General Garland. “The threat level for us has increased enormously.”
‘Every morning we worry about this issue. “We try to track down anyone who may be trying to harm the country,” he continued. “Of course, this is a big priority for the Department of Justice.”
FBI Director Christopher Wray, speaking before a different committee across the Capitol in the Senate, agreed, saying that “we’ve seen the threat from foreign terrorists rise to a whole different level” after the terrorist attack in Hamas of October 7.
“We have seen a gallery of foreign terrorist organizations calling for attacks against Americans and our allies,” Wray said.
“Just during the time I have been director of the FBI, we have disrupted multiple terrorist attacks in cities across the United States.”
“I would be hard-pressed to think of a time when so many different threats to our public and national security were so elevated at the same time.”
Rescuers work to extinguish the fire at the burning Crocus City Hall concert venue following a shooting, outside Moscow, Russia, on March 22, 2024.
Wray said threats against American Jews have been particularly serious.
“We have seen an elevated threat to the Jewish community in the United States.”
Although he said Jewish communities were targeted before the Oct. 7 attack, threats have since “increased dramatically.”
“Religiously motivated hate crimes, about 60 percent of them, are directed at the Jewish community,” Wray testified, noting that the community only represents two percent of the American population.
“There is growing concern about the possibility of a coordinated attack here in our country, not unlike an attack we saw in the Russia theater,” he added, referring to the shooting at the Crocus City Hall concert in March.
One threat vector to enter the country is through the border between the United States and Mexico, according to the head of the FBI.
