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| | "The border stampede isn't a Biden a 'failure' — it's exactly what he and Dems want."<ref>Deroy Murdock, "[https://nypost.com/2022/02/04/the-border-stampede-isnt-a-biden-a-failure-its-exactly-what-he-and-dems-want/amp/ The border stampede isn't a Biden a 'failure' — it's exactly what he and Dems want.]", ''NPost'', Feb 4, 2022.</ref> | | "The border stampede isn't a Biden a 'failure' — it's exactly what he and Dems want."<ref>Deroy Murdock, "[https://nypost.com/2022/02/04/the-border-stampede-isnt-a-biden-a-failure-its-exactly-what-he-and-dems-want/amp/ The border stampede isn't a Biden a 'failure' — it's exactly what he and Dems want.]", ''NPost'', Feb 4, 2022.</ref> |
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| | The 'Afghan Adjustment Act' Would Legalize 36,000 Unvetted Afghans.<ref>D. Greenfield, [https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/2022/03/afghan-adjustment-act-would-legalize-36000-daniel-greenfield/ 'Afghan Adjustment Act' Would Legalize 36,000 Unvetted Afghans], FPM, Mar 3, 2022.<br><i> | | The 'Afghan Adjustment Act' Would Legalize 36,000 Unvetted Afghans.<ref>D. Greenfield, [https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/2022/03/afghan-adjustment-act-would-legalize-36000-daniel-greenfield/ 'Afghan Adjustment Act' Would Legalize 36,000 Unvetted Afghans], FPM, Mar 3, 2022.<br><i> |
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| | CBP’s numbers also show that there were 20 known or suspected terrorists arrested at the southern border in September, bringing the total terror watchlist arrests at the border for the fiscal year 2022 to 98. The number of terror watchlist arrests at the border for the last five years combined was 26. | | CBP’s numbers also show that there were 20 known or suspected terrorists arrested at the southern border in September, bringing the total terror watchlist arrests at the border for the fiscal year 2022 to 98. The number of terror watchlist arrests at the border for the last five years combined was 26. |
| | September’s migrant encounter number was a significant increase from the same month in recent years. In September 2021, there were 192,001 migrant encounters. Border agents encountered 57,674 migrants in September 2020 and 52,546 in September 2019….</blockquote></ref> | | September’s migrant encounter number was a significant increase from the same month in recent years. In September 2021, there were 192,001 migrant encounters. Border agents encountered 57,674 migrants in September 2020 and 52,546 in September 2019….</blockquote></ref> |
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| | + | By Oct 2022, there were 4.5 million individuals encounter at the border during the two years. Many got away.<ref><blockquote>[Henry] CUELLAR: You know, first of all, no, the border is not secure. When you have 1.7 million individuals last year, and now another 2.7, that's over 4.5 million individuals encounter at the border, plus the - if you add the getaways, that's going to be over 5 million individuals in just two years. No, the border is secure - it's not secured and we've got to make sure that we have repercussions there.</blockquote> |
| | + | [https://www.foxnews.com/transcript/fox-news-sunday-october-23-2022 Fox News Sunday], Oct 23, 2022.</ref> |
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| | ===National security=== | | ===National security=== |