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U.S. Senator Steve Daines joined a group of Republican senators in sending a letter to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas demanding answers after individuals with suspected ties to ISIS were apprehended at the southern border, underwent vetting and were then released into the United States.  U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) recently arrested these individuals after one was reportedly caught on a wiretap talking about bombs.  “We write to express our grave concerns regarding reports of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrests of eight individuals from Tajikistan suspected to have terror ties to ISIS who

U.S. Senator Steve Daines today delivered remarks at the weekly Republican Senate Leadership press conference slamming Joe Biden and Senate Democrats for the national security crisis stemming from the open southern border. This week, eight suspected ISIS terrorists were arrested in the U.S. after coming across the southern border.   Watch Daines’ remarks HERE. “A few months ago, back around the February timeframe, high-level individuals from Central Asia came and saw me in my office. They warned us that there were tens of thousands of Central Asians streaming across our southern border over the course of the last year. They were concerned

Calls Senate Democrats Out for Anti-Border Security Votes U.S. Senator Steve Daines today delivered remarks at the weekly Republican Senate Leadership press conference calling out Senate Democrats for ignoring the southern border crisis until it became a political crisis. Watch Daines’ remarks HERE. “Go back and watch the replays of what was going on in February of 2021 when Joe Biden reversed policies that were working to secure the southern border that President Trump put in place. “And now three and a half years later we’ve seen the Senate Democrats doing nothing to try to solve the border crisis that we

U.S. Senator Steve Daines issued the following statement today regarding reports that illegal immigrants from Venezuela were transported to Flathead County: “This is not difficult to understand: Joe Biden’s national security border crisis has now hit the Flathead. Joe Biden and Senate Democrats failed to secure the border and now Montanans can see that failure firsthand. Once again, I call on Joe Biden and his Democrat allies in Congress to secure the border.”

U.S. Senator Steve Daines today joined Fox News’ America Reports in studio with John Roberts and Gillian Turner to discuss President Biden’s ongoing southern border invasion. Daines on Criminals Flooding the Southern Border: This is why Americans can’t wait to vote in November of 2024. I remember when we had President Trump here, he was negotiating with the Mexican government. That’s how we got the Remain in Mexico policy put in place. He told the Mexican government, ‘it’s going to be this way or else’, and that was the strength we need. And I mean, thank God for our sheriffs, for Governor Abbott, for the National Guard of

Slams Biden for funding “Environmentally-Friendly” border while Hezbollah Terrorist Enters U.S. U.S. Senator Steve Daines today delivered remarks at the weekly Republican Senate Leadership press conference slamming Biden for trying to make the border green rather than secure: Watch Daines’ remarks HERE. “The thing I have observed over the last couple of weeks is that President Biden, the Democratic allies in Congress, they care more about installing EV charging stations at the border than stopping terrorists. “You recall that the Inflation Reduction Act, which every Senate Democrat supported, obviously did nothing to stop inflation, only actually accelerated it. It’s being used to

Highlights Senate Democrats’ Unanimous Support for Counting Illegal Immigrants for Allocation of Congressional Seats and Electoral College Votes WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Steve Daines today delivered remarks at the weekly Republican Senate Leadership press conference slamming President Biden’s skewed priorities during his State of the Union address and Senate Democrats’ unanimous support for counting illegal immigrants in allocation of congressional seats and Electoral College votes.