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===Warnings about terrorism===

===Warnings about terrorism===

In 2014, Painter gained national attention when he spoke out against the danger of [[Islam]]ic [[Iraq]] and [[ISIS]] [[terrorism]] along the border between the United States and [[Mexico]]. Painter said that law-enforcement personnel received alerts of terrorist cells from Iraq and [[Syria]] entering through what he called the "wide open" border. "There is no control on the border, it's not shut off. There's places along the [[Rio Grande]] you can walk across, there's no water in it. I worked the border for eight years. I walked back and forth across the Rio Grande; ... Painter added.<ref name=terrorism>{{cite web|url=http://houston.cbslocal.com/2014/09/15/texas-sheriff-reports-warn-of-isis-terrorist-cells-coming-across-the-border/|title=Texas Sheriff: Reports Warn of ISIS Terrorist Cells Coming Across the Border|publisher=[[CBS]]-TV in [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], [[Texas]]|accessdate=September 17, 2014}}</ref>​

In 2014, Painter gained national attention when he spoke out against the danger of [[Islam]]ic [[Iraq]] and [[ISIS]] [[terrorism]] along the border between the United States and [[Mexico]]. Painter said that law-enforcement personnel received alerts of terrorist cells from Iraq and [[Syria]] entering through what he called the "wide open" border:<blockquote>

'''There is no control on the border, it's not shut off. There's places along the [[Rio Grande]] you can walk across, there's no water in it. I worked the border for eight years. I walked back and forth across the Rio Grande ...'''<br>  

<blockquote>​

 

I think it'd be naive to say that ISIS is not here … We have found [[Muslim]] clothing ... [[Quran]] books that are lying on the side of the trail, so we know that there are Muslims that have come across and are being smuggled into the United States."<ref name=terrorism/> Painter vowed to uncover any terrorist cells: "If they show their ugly head in our area, we'll send them to hell. ...  And I think the United States needs to get busy. And they need to bomb them, they need to take them out.'''<ref name=terrorism/></blockquote>

'''I think it'd be naive to say that ISIS is not here … We have found [[Muslim]] clothing ... [[Quran]] books that are lying on the side of the trail, so we know that there are Muslims that have come across and are being smuggled into the United States.'''<ref name=terrorism/>  

 

'''If they [terrorist cells] show their ugly head in our area, we'll send them to hell. ...  And I think the United States needs to get busy. And they need to bomb them, they need to take them out.'''<ref name=terrorism>{{cite web|url=http://houston.cbslocal.com/2014/09/15/texas-sheriff-reports-warn-of-isis-terrorist-cells-coming-across-the-border/|title=Texas Sheriff: Reports Warn of ISIS Terrorist Cells Coming Across|publisher=[[CBS]]-TV in [[Houston, Texas|Houston|date=September 15, 2014|accessdate=June 26, 2020}}</ref></blockquote>

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