Thursday, December 19, 2024

Iran-Affiliated Venezuelan Gangs Invited Into the United States :: Gatestone Institute

Iran-Affiliated Venezuelan Gangs Invited Into the United States :: Gatestone Institute 
Robert Williams"Border Patrol zones across Texas, Arizona and California had no agent presence for weeks and months at a time. Those who did not want to be caught could simply walk in. We have no idea who and what entered our country over this time." — Aaron Heitke, retired chief patrol agent for the San Diego Sector of the U.S. Border Patrol, testimony before the U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security, September 18, 2024.
More than half a million Venezuelans have entered the US illegally since President Joe Biden took office in January 2021. 
These included criminals from the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, which, according to Texas Governor Greg Abbott, has "a history of flooding other countries with military-aged Venezuelan males to establish a base of operation to carry out violent crimes in those countries."
More than half a million Venezuelans have entered the US illegally since President Joe Biden took office in January 2021...
For more than two decades, Venezuela has been a close ally of Iran, and a regional home base for Hezbollah, Iran's proxy in the Middle East...

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