U.S. national security may be in a state of emergency after the terror attacks in New Orleans and Las Vegas sent shock waves through the nation.
According to former ICE director and incoming “border czar” for President-elect Donald Trump’s new administration, Tom Homan, the U.S. is in “grave danger” and there is a possibility there could be a connection between the terror attack in New Orleans, and the Cybertruck bombing outside the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas — which both took place on New Year’s Day.
During an interview with Fox News, Homan called both attacks “suicide events,” and said that despite both suspects now being deceased, the threats are far from over, adding the southern border still remains wide open and unsecured.
“I think both these men realized they weren’t going home after this event. But the threats aren’t over,” Homan said, adding,”We’ve got a record number of known got-a-ways, over 2 million people entered this country, we don’t know who they are, or where they came from, or what their purpose to come to this country. They weren’t vetted, they weren’t screened, they weren’t fingerprinted.”
Homan noted over 300 people have been arrested that were on terror-watch lists, further stressing there are still a huge number of illegal migrants now living within the U.S. that could be sponsoring terror activity — and the Biden administration is doing nothing at all to stop it.
“This country is in grave danger; we need to secure that border. Despite what’s happened over the last two days in Las Vegas and New Orleans, this administration is not stopping. They’re still releasing thousands of people every week,” Homan said.
According to ABC News, the FBI and Homeland Security are warning there could be copycat attacks and have issued a joint intelligence bulletin warning to over 18,000 law enforcement agencies to be on the lookout for any suspicious activity.
“We advise federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial government and law enforcement officials and private sector security partners to remain vigilant of potential copycat or retaliatory attacks inspired by this attack and other recent, lethal vehicle-ramming incidents across the globe,” the joint bulletin obtained by ABC News reads.
The New Orleans suspect, identified as 42-year-old Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a U.S.-born citizen from Texas and U.S. Army veteran, reportedly proclaimed his support for the terrorist group ISIS. Authorities further identified the Las Vegas Cybertruck driver as Matthew Livelsberger, who served in the Army for almost two decades and was an active-duty Green Beret. The FBI have officially said there is no connection between the two attacks.
