Tom Tiffany speaks during a campaign event in Wausau. MWC photo by Mike Leischner
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) – Representatives Tom Tiffany (WI-07) and Andy Ogles (TN-05) introduced the Guaranteeing Aggressors Zero Admission Act, or GAZA Act for short, on Friday.
This bill would make it illegal for the Biden administration to issue new visas or allow holders of Palestinian Authority passports to enter the United States.
“Following the horrific attack by Iranian-backed Hamas terrorists on innocent Israeli civilians, the last thing America ought to do is trust identity documents issued by the radicals that oversee these territories,” said Congressman Tiffany. “We need to put our security at home first, and that starts by closing the door to bad actors who might be seeking to enter our country.”
This bill follows reports by Fox News correspondent Griff Jenkins, who stated that “two men in their early to mid-20s from Lebanon were apprehended in Eagle Pass, TX, on Friday at the location where we are reporting.”
“They are considered ‘Special Interest Aliens’ and are currently undergoing extensive background vetting,” Jenkins noted in an email.
This comes after Fox News reported earlier last week that since October 2021, thousands of these “Special Interest Aliens” from the Middle East and North Africa have been caught trying to enter the US illegally across the border.
Special interest aliens, according to the news organization, “are people from countries identified by the U.S. government as having conditions that promote or protect terrorism or potentially pose some sort of national security threat to the U.S.”
In an interview that aired Sunday night, President Joe Biden acknowledged that the Hamas terrorist strike against Israel has increased the threat of terrorism in the United States.
Biden made the comments in an interview with CBS News’ “60 Minutes” that aired Sunday evening. “Yes. I had a meeting this morning with the Homeland Security people, with the FBI, and with the Situation Room for the better part of an hour to discuss how we make sure that we prevent a lone wolf and/or any coordinated effort to try to do what was done in synagogues before, do what was done to Jews in the street. We’re making a major effort to make sure that doesn’t happen.”
The U.S. State Department announced that at least 30 Americans have been killed by Hamas over the past week as their war with Israel continues to ramp up.
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