{"id":7812,"date":"2014-10-09T10:47:46","date_gmt":"2014-10-09T14:47:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io\/?p=7812"},"modified":"2018-12-28T14:41:18","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T19:41:18","slug":"rep-duncan-hunter-isis-fighters-have-crossed-u-s-southern-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2014\/10\/09\/rep-duncan-hunter-isis-fighters-have-crossed-u-s-southern-border\/","title":{"rendered":"Rep. Duncan Hunter: ISIS Fighters Have Crossed U.S. Southern Border"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Duncan_Hunter_113th_Congress\"<\/a>In an appearance on Fox News\u2019 Greta Van Susteren program<\/a>, Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.) stated definitively that, \u201cISIS is coming across the southern border.\u201d Hunter told Van Susteren that according to \u201ca high level source within the Border Patrol\u201d with whom he has spoken, \u201cat least 10 ISIS fighters have been caught coming across the Mexican border in Texas.\u201d In addition to the ones who were apprehended by the Border Patrol, Hunter warned that \u201cthere’s going to be dozens more that did not get caught by the Border Patrol.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hunter\u2019s claims were denied by the Department of Homeland Security. According to a spokesman for DHS, \u201cThe suggestion that individuals who have ties to ISIL have been apprehended at the Southwest border is categorically false, and not supported by any credible intelligence or the facts on the ground.\u201d The spokesman further denied that infiltration by ISIS (also known as ISIL) is even a serious threat. \u201cDHS continues to have no credible intelligence to suggest terrorist organizations are actively plotting to cross the southwest border,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Hunter\u2019s allegation that an ISIS attack on U.S. soil is real threat is supported by the National Citizenship and Immigration Services Council, the union representing U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) employees. Union president Kenneth Palinkas charges that the administration\u2019s lax enforcement of immigration laws against people who overstay visas, and administration policies that have \u201cwidened the loopholes\u201d in the asylum system have made it dangerously easy for ISIS and other terrorist organizations to carry out attacks against Americans. Moreover, Palinkas warns, the president\u2019s expected executive amnesty after the mid-term elections will increase the risk.