Ousted House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has warned there may be terrorist sleeper cells hiding in the US and waiting for orders to strike during an unprecedented surge in illegal immigration at the southern border.
“If you just look at what’s a mess right now, the southern border is wide open, I’m worried about the cells that are sitting inside America today,” the Republican congressman told NBC’s Meet the Press on Sunday.
“We just arrested 18 people last month on the FBI’s Terrorism Watch List who crossed our border, more than 160 have done so this year,” the former speaker said, citing a recently released Customs and Border Protection report, which showed a number of 169 people on the terror watch list have been arrested over the past 12 months.
He noted that alarming figures show there were more terrorists trying to enter the US through the southern border last year than in the previous six fiscal years combined.
“When we look around the Middle East and insurgencies are emerging across Europe and elsewhere, they could be sleeper cells right now in America.
Ousted House Speaker Kevin McCarthy warned of potential terrorist sleeper cells in the United States in an interview with NBC’s Meet the Press on Sunday.NBC News
“But this administration [hasn’t done anything] to change what’s happening on the southern border,” continued McCarthy. “We got government funding where our soldiers won’t be paid sitting here for a month.”
He added that if he were still Speaker of the House, “I will make sure that we look at our own borders — that we don’t have any sleeper cells here, that we will really prevent these terrorists from crossing our own. border.”
But in the interview, McCarthy threw his support behind the Speaker behind Rep. Tom Emmer, a Republican from Minnesota, who he said “has been part of our success … from the beginning.”
The former Speaker of the House cited a recent report, which showed a total of 169 people on the FBI’s Terrorist Watch List had been arrested over the past 12 months. James Keivom
“I will lead in whatever capacity I can [to] help protect America,” McCarthy said when Meet the Press host Kristen Walker pressed her on whether she would once again hold the speakership.
“I will work to secure our borders. I will work to stop inflation. I will ensure that war does not break out in Israel, and that Israel has all the resources they need to defend themselves. But more importantly, I will pressure this administration,” he said.
“We need to destroy Hamas,” he continued. “But you can’t do that without dealing with Iran,” which he said “gets billions of dollars to fund terrorism around the world.
McCarthy said he would work to get the American hostages taken home by Hamas. ANONYMOUS/AFP via Getty Images
“We need to be clear: Every American needs to go home,” McCarthy said of the hostages being held by Hamas. “No one will be left behind.”
Following Hamas’s surprise attack on Israel earlier this month, a Department of Homeland Security spokesman said it “has no specific and credible intelligence indicating a threat to the United States at this time, stemming from a Hamas terrorist attack in Israel.”
The spokesperson added in an address to Fox News that the department is “closely monitoring the events that unfold and will continue to engage in information sharing with our intelligence and law enforcement partners at home and abroad.”
The former speaker of the House expressed his support for Israel in its ongoing war with Hamas.AP
He said, however, that the department “stands ready to respond to any potential impact on public safety” and that “the United States will not hesitate to adjust our security posture, as appropriate, to protect the homeland and the people of the United States. . “
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