US Border Patrol chief Jason Owens said the migrant crisis has become a serious “national security threat” as terrorists may be slipping across the border and smugglers “dictate” the flow into the US.
“They dictate what the flow is going to look like and we respond to it,” Owens said in an interview that aired on CBS’ “Face the Nation” Sunday when asked if smugglers are “setting the rules of engagement.”
“We try and get out in front of it and deny them the ability to use these areas,” he went on. “But at the end of the day, there’s over 1,900 miles of border with Mexico.”
Under the Biden administration, the US has endured record levels of migrants pouring across the southern border, including thousands who claim asylum and are then released into the country.
Border Patrol chief admits national security threat as terrorists may be among migrants illegally crossing border
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Source:
New York Post
