Dear John,
In case you missed it, I recently visited the southern border to meet with Border Patrol Agents and get a firsthand look at President Biden’s southern border crisis and it's connection to a rising threat of terrorists in America. Read more about my visit below.
"Illegal immigrants from Middle Eastern countries have been caught and arrested by Border Patrol agents on the United States-Mexico border since the start of the month, a cause for concern in light of the Hamas terror attack in Israel, according to a Republican senator.
"Sen. Steve Daines of Montana visited the Rio Grande Valley in southern Texas Wednesday to learn how people were traveling through sometimes more than a dozen countries to get to the United States and was alarmed by the number of people coming into the country, particularly those who could not be chased down.
"'Since the first of October, Border Patrol agents have apprehended individuals from Afghanistan, Algeria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya. Malaysia, Morocco, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Yemen,' Daines said in a media call following his visit. 'This is just in the last 10 days.'
"Concern over the threat of terrorism has grown since this weekend's terrorist attack in Israel by Hamas militants who killed more than 1,000 Israelis, as well as raped, tortured, and beheaded women and infants during the hours-long attack. Along with the deaths in Gaza, the toll is at least 1,800 lives lost, including 11 Americans."
Sincerely,
Senator Steve Daines
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