Republicans continue to link the terrorist attack in New Orleans with illegal immigration, doubling down on the debunked concept started by President-elect Donald Trump and echoed by other elected officials.
The latest one to join the list in Texas Rep. Randy Weber. Speaking to Fox News, he said that "55,000 special interest aliens have come across our borders." "That's from countries who hate us: Iran, Iraq, Syria, Yemen. They're coming into this country freely. If only 10% got through that we didn't know about, that's 5,500 potential terrorists in this country," he added, claiming the Biden administration is "not doing their jobs and American are paying the price."
