John Rose Warns Of Illegal Drugs That 'Take More Americans' Lives Than Any Other Threat We Face'

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During remarks on the House floor, Rep. John Rose (R-TN) denounced President Biden's border policies, and warned of threats facing Americans.

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00:00Mr. Speaker, I rise today to address the negative national security consequences of three and

00:06a half years of President Biden's open border policies.

00:11While we hear President Biden and his allies boast about a so-called drop in illegal immigrant

00:18encounters in recent weeks, the number of national security threats resulting from this

00:24administration's policies continue to mount.

00:28According to the Department of Homeland Security's own threat assessment for this year, illegal

00:33drugs produced in Mexico and sold in the United States will take more Americans' lives than

00:40any other threat we face.

00:42Further underscoring the threat our country faces due to the President's open border policies,

00:48we learned two weeks ago that the Department of Homeland Security has identified more than

00:53400 illegal immigrants that have entered the U.S. over the last three years as subjects

01:00of concern.

01:01They're subjects of concern because they were brought here by an ISIS-affiliated human smuggling

01:08network according to sources who spoke with NBC News.

01:13These unnamed officials report that 150 of these individuals have been arrested, but

01:19the whereabouts of many more are unknown.

01:23We also don't know whether the money earned in this human smuggling operation is funding

01:29ISIS activity.

01:31A couple of weeks prior to this story, NBC also reported that U.S. Immigration and Customs

01:37Enforcement arrested eight men from Tajikistan, also for suspected affiliation with ISIS,

01:45in three major U.S. cities.

01:47This turned out to be an entirely separate ISIS-affiliated human smuggling network.

01:55Mr. Speaker, these are just a couple of examples from recent weeks.

02:00We face many, many more national security threats that are a direct result of open borders

02:06and a refusal to uphold existing immigration laws in this country.

02:12More than 350 illegal immigrants who are on the terror watch list have attempted to

02:17cross into the United States since President Biden took office.

02:22More than 1.8 million people have successfully—1.8 million—have successfully evaded border patrol,

02:31and hundreds of thousands of unknown individuals have been admitted into the U.S. on parole,

02:37with no way of tracking many of these individuals.

02:40This widespread abuse of parole authority was a key factor in my vote to impeach DHS

02:47Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.

02:49It has truly paved the way for countless instances of crime across this country.

02:56The President's recent executive order is far too little, far too late.

03:02It doesn't go far enough to treat these threats to our safety and security with the

03:07seriousness that they merit.

03:10The action, however, does prove what I've been saying and arguing for months—that

03:16the President has, and has had, the authority to end this crisis at our border.

03:22It also highlights the fact that our Commander-in-Chief waited three and a half years before taking

03:28any action to curb the unprecedented flow of illegal immigrants into this country.

03:35This isn't hyperbole.

03:37These are facts.

03:39As sobering as they may be, I fear they will persist as long as President Biden, or whoever

03:46is making decisions at the White House, is in the White House.

03:50With that, Mr. Speaker, I yield back.

John Rose Warns Of Illegal Drugs That 'Take More Americans' Lives Than Any Other Threat We Face'

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