Terrorists can take advantage of the weak security of the southern borders of the United States and penetrate into the country. This was stated by Senator from South Carolina Lindsay Graham, reports The Washington Time.
The Republican fears that the easing in migration policy, initiated by the administration of President Joe Biden, could have serious consequences for national security. According to the legislator, not only migrants can abuse the weak border control.
“The economic crisis in the border towns will eventually develop into a national security crisis. Because today they are children, and tomorrow they can easily become terrorists,” Graham predicted during the Hannity talk show.
According to him, one should not forget about the 20th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks. “Al-Qaeda and Islamic State (terrorist organizations banned in Russia) would not want anything more than to strike us again, to show that they are still alive and well,” he said.
The White House is reluctant to recognize the flow of illegal migrants as a humanitarian crisis, calling the situation on the border a “challenge”, notes The Washington Time. Graham warns that if Biden does not take aggressive measures to combat the problem, then “the worst is yet to come.”
Previously, Biden’s migration policy was also criticized by former President Donald Trump. He believes that America is facing a catastrophe due to the uncontrolled flow of illegal migrants from the southern border. He also said that his administration “saw through the asylum fraud and defeated smugglers, drug and human traffickers.”
In early March, an Arizona sheriff revealed that areas on the US-Mexico border have become less secure and more open to criminals since the Democrat came to power.
Prior to this, Biden stopped funding the construction of the wall on the border with Mexico. The statement said that the new US administration “will not allow US taxpayer funds to be spent on building a border wall.”