US intelligence officials are issuing alerts about possible terrorist threats aimed at large gatherings in the United States following a recent attack by ‘ISIS’ militants on concert attendees in Moscow.
“Law enforcement officials expressed concern that radicals in the U.S. might respond to ISIS calls for similar attacks in the wake of last month’s deadly terrorist attack at a concert hall in Moscow,” ABC News reported.
“The U.S. intelligence bulletin warns that ISIS operatives worldwide and so-called “lone wolves” might respond to recent statements from the terrorist group touting the attack in Russia and encouraging more attacks on public venues — even if the individuals are not members of ISIS,” the outlet reported.
FBI and Homeland Security officials warned US law enforcement about the potential for terror at “mass gatherings such as sports stadiums, concert venues, or houses of worship in the United States.”
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Texas Governor Greg Abbott appeared on “America’s Newsroom” to discuss how President Biden’s border policies pose national security risks for Texas and the entire country.
GOV. GREG ABBOTT: Well, let’s be clear. The administration is doing nothing to stop terrorists from coming across the border. They are knowingly allowing them in. And there’s two categories here. There are the terrorists who were actually apprehended. The terrorists apprehended are an all-time record. Many multiples of those who came across the border under the Trump administration…
Second… the terrorist will pay extra not to be caught. What that means is the number that we’ve caught — which is extraordinary — there’s far more than that have gotten across the border. Also last month, the FBI director talked about a potential 9/11-type terrorist attack because of the terrorists who are coming across our border. The chief job of the President of the United States is national security. President Biden is failing at national security. We are extraordinarily concerned about a terrorist attack occurring in Texas or elsewhere in the United States because the terrorists who are crossing our border at will go unstopped by the bottom.
On Wednesday, Texas defended its anti-illegal immigration law during oral arguments before a federal appeals court panel.
The law, signed by Governor Abbott in December as SB 4, permits local police to arrest illegal immigrants and allows judges to order their deportation.
Despite this, the law remains on hold due to a legal challenge from the Biden administration.
The administration argues that the law is unconstitutional, damages international relations, and hinders the federal government’s ability to enforce immigration laws.
Texas has argued that the law is necessary due to the Biden administration’s alleged failure to secure the southern border and enforce immigration law, and on Wednesday it argued before the three-judge panel that the ongoing crisis at the border is unprecedented.
The court had previously blocked the law from going into effect, but it was then briefly allowed to go into effect by the U.S. Supreme Court before being kicked back down and blocked again by the Fifth Circuit.
It is one of a number of such measures being passed or moved forward by states across the U.S. Louisiana, Iowa and Tennessee are all states that have bills under consideration that would do either the same or similar to what Texas is seeking to do.
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