The United States must urgently resolve the chaos at the U.S.-Mexico border, Kevin McCarthy warned, or risk allowing terrorists to enter the country undetected and falling victim to an attack similar to Israel’s this weekend.
McCarthy, who was House speaker until last week, told The Washington Free Beacon on Monday that the attack should be a “wake-up call” for the White House and accused the Biden administration of encouraging Iran to carry out the plot support.
He pointed out that known terrorists had already been found among the alleged migrants.
As of July, 160 migrants whose identities matched those in the terrorist screening data set were stopped by Customs and Border Protection at the southern border – a significant increase from the 100 in fiscal year 2022, NBC News reported last month.
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“We should wake up ourselves.” “The same thing could happen to us next week,” McCarthy said.
“We caught more people on the terrorist watch list in February than in the entire government.” “We could have cells in America now.”
Kevin McCarthy told The Washington Free Beacon on Monday that the weekend terrorist attack in Israel should serve as a warning to the United States that terrorists may have sneaked into the country through the U.S.-Mexico border
Migrants from Cuba are seen crossing the Rio Grande near Eagle Pass in Texas on Friday
Long lines of migrants, mostly from Venezuela, line the banks of the Rio Grande on October 5, waiting to enter the United States
An armed Palestinian militant is seen at the Supernova music festival near Kibbutz Reim in the Negev Desert of southern Israel
Israelis could be heard screaming, running and hastily getting into cars to escape
An armed Palestinian militant leads a man during the Supernova music festival
Palestinians transport a captured Israeli civilian (center) from Kibbutz Kfar Azza to the Gaza Strip on Saturday
The FBI said Monday that it had “no concrete and credible information indicating a threat to the United States from the Hamas attacks in Israel.”
However, the agency added that it was closely monitoring the situation and “will share relevant information with our state, local, federal and international law enforcement, intelligence and homeland security partners.”
The FBI added: “We will not hesitate to adjust our security posture as necessary to protect the American people.”
However, McCarthy accused the Biden administration of complacency and said there was a direct connection between the $6 billion that the U.S. government provided to Iran in exchange for the release of U.S. citizens held in the country and the Attacks by Iranian ally Iran over the weekend. Hamas.
The Biden administration spent the weekend denying that Tehran’s money frozen in South Korean bank accounts had anything to do with the Hamas attack.
Israel dubbed the weekend its September 11th because, like the al-Qaeda attacks on the United States, no one expected it.
McCarthy said the comparison was accurate and should serve as a warning to the United States.
“We should take a step back and look at ourselves,” he told the newspaper.
“Their information is never perfect and we have a wide open border. “They come from 160 different countries.”
Migrants from countries such as Afghanistan and Syria where terrorist cells operate have been registered.
McCarthy asked why neither the Mossad nor the CIA had warned that the plan to attack Israel was being hatched in Gaza.
“Everyone should look at their own intelligence now,” he said.
At least 260 people were killed in the massacre, with many still missing – either dead or taken hostage by the bloodthirsty militants
Consequences: Burnt out and abandoned cars in which revelers tried to escape the onslaught
The California congressman also said the Biden administration’s policies helped Iran fund Hamas, saying they were “1,000 percent” responsible for creating the right conditions.
“From day one when the Biden administration came in, they changed their policy toward Iran to one of appeasement,” he told the newspaper.
Republicans argue that the Biden administration’s decision to pour millions of U.S. taxpayer dollars into the Palestinian territories helped Hamas organize and launch its attack.
The State Department assessed in communications obtained by the Free Beacon earlier this year that “there is a high risk that Hamas could potentially derive indirect, unintended benefits from U.S. assistance to Gaza.”
McCarthy said the White House’s decisions “built and created what is happening in the world today.”
He warned that the conflict would not be easily resolved.
“You have to understand that this is not going to be a short period of time,” McCarthy said.
“This is something different.” “This is a long-term fight.”
And he said his party’s decision to remove him as speaker last week caused an uproar that could lead to a lack of support from Israel.
“It’s unfortunate that a few members took the actions that they did and now we don’t even have a speaker on site,” he said.
“It shows weakness.”
McCarthy’s comments echo those of Nikki Haley, the Republican presidential candidate and former U.N. ambassador to Donald Trump.
Student Noa Argamani sits on a terrorist’s motorcycle and points at her helpless friend with her arms outstretched. She begs for her life
Israeli police officers evacuate a woman and a child from a site in Ashkelon that was hit by a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip
On Sunday, she attacked Anthony Blinken after the secretary of state insisted that the release of $6 billion to Iran played no role in Saturday’s attack.
Speaking on NBC’s “Meet The Press,” Blinken said Iran has yet to see a penny of the $6 billion in sanctioned oil revenue earmarked for “humanitarian purposes” last month in exchange for five American prisoners were.
But Haley told the same show that Iran was already banking on the money to finance its terror campaign.
“It was irresponsible of Secretary Blinken to say that the $6 billion doesn’t matter here,” she added.
“I mean, let’s be honest with the American people and understand that Hamas knows and Iran knows that they are moving money at this moment because they know that 6 billion is going to be released.”
“That’s the reality.”
Secretary of State Anthony Blinken insisted Iran had not spent any of the $6 billion it received in a cash deal for hostages, but Nikki Haley said they were spending on account
“This money belongs to the Islamic Republic of Iran,” Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said when asked about an agreement to release $6 billion in oil revenues as part of a deal to release five U.S. citizens
Palestinians are greeted by crowds after returning from crossing the border into Israel on Saturday
The former South Carolina governor said she knew from her dealings with the International Atomic Energy Agency that funds released by previous administrations had gone to militant groups such as Hamas and Hezbollah.
“Every time they get a dollar, they spread terrorism,” she added.
“It’s not going to the Iranian people. It’s actually about terrorist attacks, and Secretary Blinken, it’s just wrong to suggest that this money isn’t being passed on at this moment.”
The deal with Iran helped release US citizens Siamak Namazi, 51, Emad Sharqi, 59, and Morad Tahbaz, 67, an American-British citizen, as well as two unidentified US citizens.
Five Iranians imprisoned in the USA were also released under these conditions.
“Not a single dime has been spent from this account,” Blinken said.
“When money is spent from this account, it can only be used for medical supplies, food or medicine, and those who say otherwise are either wrong or misinformed, and that is wrong either way.”
But Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi laughed off the idea that Tehran’s spending would be controlled.
“This money belongs to the Islamic Republic of Iran, and of course we – the Islamic Republic of Iran – will decide to spend it where we need it,” he told NBC last month.
“Humanitarian means everything the Iranian people need, so this money is earmarked for those needs.”
“And the needs of the Iranian people will be decided and determined by the Iranian government.”
U.S. officials arranged a group photo after released Americans Siamak Namazi, Morad Tahbaz and Emad Shargi returned to the U.S. last month
Blinken said he had seen “no evidence yet” that Iran was involved in the attack that killed at least 700 people, but he acknowledged that Israel’s growing ties with its Arab neighbors may have inspired the terrorists.
“It is no surprise that those who oppose the talks are those who oppose normalizing Israel’s relations with its neighbors and with countries outside the region: Hamas, Hezbollah and Iran.”
However, senior members of the Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah claimed that the attack was given the green light by Iranian security officials.
According to a Wall Street Journal report, Hamas planned the air, land and sea invasions with the help of officers from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, with the final green light given at a meeting in Beirut on Monday.
Haley, who according to some recent polls is now second only to Donald Trump in the race for the Republican nomination, also said that the Hamas attack should be a “wake-up call” for the US itself.
“We have an open border,” she claimed.
“People get through.” They don’t get checked. We don’t have to wait for another 9/11.
“You also see the fact that America is incredibly distracted and incredibly divided, and when America is distracted, the world is less safe.”
“And look at what happened to Israel.” You waited for them to be distracted, and then your enemies intervene. America needs to wake up.”