'We Are Living On Borrowed Time': Ted Cruz Warns Of 'Major Terrorist Attack' Due To Border policy

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At a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing last week, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) spoke about the southern border.

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00:00Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

00:01Thank you.

00:02Senator Cruz.

00:04Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

00:06Ambassador Jacobson, you previously served in Tajikistan.

00:11Yes, sir.

00:13What period of time?

00:14I was there from 2006 to 2009.

00:18I'm sure you've seen the news that broke this week about eight Tajiks who came to this country

00:23illegally over the southern border or apprehended by the Biden administration.

00:28Yes, sir.

00:29Who were, quote, vetted and then were released.

00:32And they've been arrested this week because of their affiliations with ISIS-K and over

00:37concerns that they were plotting a major terror attack in the United States.

00:42In your experience, how dangerous is ISIS-K?

00:50ISIS-K remains a threat both in the region to which I've been nominated and into the

00:54world and also to our homeland.

00:56And I, if confirmed, would sort of welcome the opportunity to further discuss how we

01:03can combat this sort of terrorist threat.

01:06I'm a little bit out of the loop on Tajikistan in particular, having left there 15 years

01:10ago.

01:11But, of course, I still do follow it.

01:13How concerned should Americans be that this administration released eight illegal aliens

01:18who are Tajiks with connections to ISIS-K?

01:23I am not privy to the intelligence or the law enforcement activity or really any of

01:29that.

01:30I have mostly read about this in the news.

01:32But I certainly think it's incumbent on all of us, all the agencies of the U.S. government,

01:36to protect our homeland.

01:38And ISIS-

01:39This is the same terrorist group that murdered 145 people in Moscow at the Opera House, came

01:44in with automatic weapons and mowed down civilians.

01:47Is that right?

01:49It's my understanding that, yes, there were Tajiks involved in that operation in Moscow.

01:54Well, I will say, I can tell you, Texans are deeply concerned that the administration keeps

01:57releasing illegal immigrants with ties to terrorists.

02:00And we are living on borrowed time.

02:02I believe there is a higher likelihood today of a major terrorist attack in the United

02:09States than there has been any time since September 11th.

02:12And this administration's open border with 11 million illegal immigrants coming across

02:18it is an invitation for terrorists, for Hamas, for Hezbollah, for Palestinian Islamic Jihad

02:24and for ISIS-K to come and murder Americans.

02:27And it is utterly indefensible.

02:29And yet today, the Biden administration is releasing yet more illegal immigrants into

02:35this country.

02:36They do it day after day after day.

02:39And we are going to see.

'We Are Living On Borrowed Time': Ted Cruz Warns Of 'Major Terrorist Attack' Due To Border policy

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