SEN JOHN KENNEDY: Democrats are gambling with our lives by not funding DHS

My Democratic colleagues person opposed President Donald Trump’s docket astatine each turn, and that’s their right. But their determination to unopen down the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) isn’t immoderate harmless enactment of governmental gamesmanship; it’s incredibly dangerous.

In the 1 period since Democrats voted to contradict backing to DHS, the United States has faced astatine slightest 4 evident violent attacks.

On March 1, a gunman wearing a "Property of Allah" shirt killed 3 Americans and wounded 13 others extracurricular Buford’s Backyard Beer Garden successful Austin, Texas. On March 7, 2 men tossed explosives into a assemblage of protesters adjacent Gracie Mansion successful New York City. The men told the New York Police Department that they had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State. They had hoped to termination much radical than the Boston bombers, but the courageous acts of NYPD officers connected the country foiled their attack.

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On March 12, a gunman — who had been released from prison after providing worldly enactment to ISIS — entered a schoolroom connected the field of Old Dominion University, shouted "Allahu Akbar," and opened fire. He killed an ROTC teacher earlier brave students stopped him. That aforesaid day, a antheral successful West Bloomfield, Michigan, injured 1 information defender erstwhile helium rammed his conveyance into the Temple Israel synagogue portion preschool was successful session. According to the Israeli government, the fishy — who seemingly changeable himself amid a shootout with the Temple’s information — had a member who was a subordinate of the violent radical Hezbollah.

These terrorists killed 4 Americans and injured dozens more. It makes maine nauseous to ideate however galore much could person died if not for the bravery of section instrumentality enforcement officers, the Temple’s equipped information and Old Dominion’s ROTC students.

These attacks connected American ungraded each occurred against the backdrop of President Trump’s decisive enactment successful Iran. To beryllium clear: President Trump had nary prime but to onslaught Iran. He wasn’t trying to commencement a war; helium is trying to extremity one. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei — who shared the aforesaid affinity for sidesplitting Americans arsenic the terrorists who conscionable struck wrong the United States — wanted to resume gathering atomic weapons, and helium would person been capable to bash that if we didn’t halt Iran’s missile and drone production soon.

I’m assured our airmen volition annihilate Iran’s rocket supply, but that won’t destruct the menace to the American people. The Ayatollah may person utilized his past rotten breath to trigger sleeper cells wrong the United States. These lone-wolf terrorists whitethorn beryllium plotting further attacks present astatine home, and we person nary hint however galore terrorists whitethorn beryllium surviving among america due to the fact that President Biden near our borderline wide unfastened for 4 years.

During that time, the Biden medication released astatine least 99 known individuals from the violent watchlist into the state — and those are conscionable the suspects we cognize about. It volition instrumentality an all-hands-on-deck effort to find and deport each violent lurking among the estimated millions of unvetted people that the Biden medication released into our country.

Yet DHS, which employs the precise radical who should beryllium hunting these lone wolves, is unopen down due to the fact that my Democratic colleagues person been throwing a month-long temper tantrum.

At the bosom of this meltdown is the information that galore of my Democratic colleagues privation unfastened borders. They don’t deliberation we should deport anybody, and they’re holding backing for DHS hostage due to the fact that they hatred the thought that officers astatine Customs and Border Protection oregon Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) mightiness really enforce our migration laws.

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In turn, they’ve made a series of demands to resume funding. Some of the requests were reasonable, and the Trump administration agreed to instrumentality them arsenic soon arsenic possible. For example, each ICE officers will wear assemblage cameras during aboriginal operations. They’d bash it close now, but it’s hard to bargain cameras erstwhile Democrats won’t o.k. their funding.

The remaining Democratic demands are weapons-grade stupid. For example, they privation to forbid ICE officers from wearing masks and unit them to show their names connected their uniforms. These policies would endanger the lives of ICE agents and their families. We can’t expect these instrumentality enforcement officers to absorption connected hunting terrorists erstwhile anti-ICE lunatics are following their vehicles or showing up astatine their churches.

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We each cognize immoderate Democrats hatred President Trump much than the Devil hates beatified water, but we’ve seen 4 evident violent attacks successful 2 weeks. The Department of Homeland Security isn’t a pawn successful a governmental game. We request these officers focused connected spotting sleeper cells, not their missing paychecks. 

To my Democratic colleagues: Don’t hold for different onslaught to get superior astir protecting America’s security. Reopen DHS today.

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