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Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) released a statement as the Biden Administration continues to ignore the threat of terrorists crossing into the United States through our southern border. In August, Rubio sent a letter to U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas demanding a full accounting of steps taken to ensure that terrorists, who have been released by the Taliban, are not able to cross into the United States from our southern border. The Biden Administration failed to provide answers, but former U.S. Border Patrol chief Rodney Scott told Fox News, “We have terrorist threats … they are real.”
“President Biden is failing,” Rubio said. “Every day we see pictures of the crisis on our southern border. Refugee camps, human trafficking, COVID outbreaks, and overwhelmed and under supported border patrol agents. What we cannot see is how terrorists who hate America are exploiting the chaos. The Biden Administration cannot continue to ignore the very real terrorist threat. It is time for President Biden to take the necessary steps to keep our nation safe and secure our southern border.”
Rubio asked Secretary Mayorkas two specific questions in August:
1. What steps has the Department of Homeland Security taken in the last seven days to secure the southern border and ensure that terrorists released by the Taliban are not able to cross the U.S.-Mexico border?
2. CBP stated that it does not release overall number so of immigrants stopped at the southern border who are on the terrorist watch list. Will you commit to providing a written classified report within 120 days that outlines the number of individuals encountered at the southern border with a connection to designated Foreign Terrorist Organization?
Rubio is a senior member of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations and is the Vice-Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.
Washington, D.C. — El senador estadounidense Marco Rubio (R-FL) emitió el siguiente comunicado mientras que la Administración Biden continúa ignorando la amenaza que terroristas crucen a EE.UU. por nuestra frontera sur. En agosto, Rubio le envió una carta al secretario del Departamento de Seguridad Nacional de EE.UU. (DHS, por sus siglas en inglés), Alejandro Mayorkas, exigiendo una lista completa de las medidas tomadas por la administración para garantizar que los terroristas–que han sido liberados por los talibanes–no puedan cruzar a EE.UU. por nuestra frontera sur. La Administración Biden no proporcionó respuestas a las inquietudes de Rubio, pero el exjefe de la Patrulla Fronteriza de EE.UU., Rodney Scott, dijo en Fox News: “Tenemos amenazas terroristas … son reales”.
“El presidente Biden está fallando”, Rubio dijo. “Todos los días vemos imágenes de la crisis en nuestra frontera sur. Vemos fotos de los campos de refugiados, víctimas de trata de personas, brotes de COVID y agentes de la patrulla fronteriza abrumados y sin apoyo. Lo que no podemos ver, es cómo los terroristas que odian a EE.UU. están explotando este caos. La Administración Biden no puede seguir ignorando la amenaza de terroristas pues es muy real. Es hora que el presidente Biden tome las medidas necesarias para mantener a nuestra nación segura y proteger nuestra frontera sur”.
En su misiva, Rubio le hizo dos preguntas específicas al secretario Mayorkas:
1. ¿Qué medidas ha tomado el Departamento de Seguridad Nacional en los últimos siete días para asegurar la frontera sur y garantizar que los terroristas liberados por los talibanes no puedan cruzar la frontera entre Estados Unidos y México?
2. CBP declaró que no da a conocer el número total de inmigrantes detenidos en la frontera sur que están en la lista de vigilancia de terroristas. ¿Se comprometerá a proporcionar un informe clasificado por escrito dentro de los próximos 120 días que describa el número de personas que se encuentran en la frontera sur y que tienen un vínculo con una Organización Terrorista Extranjera?
Rubio es miembro del Comité de Relaciones Exteriores del Senado y es el vicepresidente del Comité Selecto de Inteligencia.