The Republican Point: Over 1.6 million "gotaways"

There have been over 1.6 MILLION known “gotaways”  – people who have illegally crossed the border and escaped into the country – since Joe Biden took office.

That number is larger than the population of Philadelphia, and we have no idea who they are nor their intentions, only that they purposefully evaded law enforcement.

That should concern every American. Why?

• We know terror suspects are attempting to cross the border at alarming rates.
  • As put by former Border Patrol Chief Rodney Scott: “We have nation-state threats, we have terrorist threats … to think that there’s not just as bad or worse people in those getting away would be naïve.”
• We know the number of illegal immigrants from “special interest countries” – countries with environments that potentially pose a national security threat – has skyrocketed.
  • Border Patrol warns there is limited to no vetting for people from these countries because the ability to vet them simply does not exist.
• We know cartels have operational control over much of the border.
  • According to Border Patrol Chief Jason Owens, cartels are exploiting the crisis to smuggle people and deadly drugs into the United States.
• We know mass releases of illegal immigrants are occurring in cities around the country.

Worryingly, the problem is only intensifying, with 18,000 known gotaways in just the last 16 days.