A Texas border has been helping illegal aliens with ties to terrorist organizations bring over other suspected terrorists into the United States, the Houston Chronicle reported.
The border is reportedly wide open for alleged terrorists to cross into, with the Mexican cartels already operating in Texas, according to a 68-page "law enforcement sensitive" leaked report prepared by the Texas Department of Public Safety to inform lawmakers about the ongoing border surge.
Amidst the many security concerns currently facing the state, this specific threat remains the most significant, according to the state's top law enforcement agency.
The leaked report, not made for public disclosure and marked as law enforcement sensitive, disclosed multiple cases of illegal aliens or asylum refugees with terror ties entering the country through Texas, according to Breitbart.
"In June 2014, a Somali member of al-Shabaab arrived at the Hidalgo International Bridge seeking immigration benefits, the report revealed. The man stated that he had been trained in April 2014 for a suicide attack in Mogadishu. While authorities have not fully vetted his information about the attack, he told them that he escaped from the group and informed African Union troops who were able to stop the terrorist attack. The man claimed he was trained with 13 other Somalis for about 10 weeks to use suicide belts, AK-47s, and grenades," the DPS report stated.
"In March 18, 2012 Border Patrol agents in McAllen arrested three illegal aliens from Sri-Lanka. One of the men said he belonged to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, a group that authorities have designated as a foreign terrorist organization. The man claimed that the group was headed to Canada.
"For a period of several years until January 2010, a U.S. citizen smuggled a total of 272 Somalis into the U.S. through Cuba and Mexico. During the investigation, authorities learned that the leaders of the terror group Al-Shabaab had solicited the man's services. The man claimed he had not worked with the terror group; however, authorities found an email where he stated 'I helped a lot of Somalis and most are good but there are some who are bad and I leave them to Allah.'"
Since the terror groups and Mexican cartels are quite aware of America's porous borders, they are easily able to help the others cross into major metropolitan areas.
"The Terrorist Screening Center reported 143 land border crossing encounters with watch-listed individuals in southwest border states between November 2013 and July 2014, which is the only time period for which data is currently available," the DPS report stated.
"These included 97 in Texas, one in New Mexico, two in Arizona, and 43 in California."
