According to Mark Morgan, who served as acting commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) during the Trump administration, said there may be "a cell in the United States planning the next terrorist attack, and we would have no idea."
On October 7, 2023, the fundamentalist Islamist organization Hamas committed an unprecedented terrorist attack against Israel on Yom Kippur, October 7, 2023, killing over 1,400 Israelis.
French President Emmanuel Macron said in a speech alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that Israel has a “legitimate right to defend itself."
According to a memo from the San Diego Field Office Intelligence Division of Customs and Border Protection (CBP), terrorist organizations may enter the United States from the southern border.
In the backdrop of this appeal, discussions have been initiated within the Biden administration, in collaboration with congressional members, to potentially curate a larger combined aid package.