John Cornyn: “The fact that this individual was here in the first place…”

“I'm grateful to the Attorney General Pam Bondi, and our state local law enforcement officials who prevented this attack from happening, in all likelihood killing some of my constituents back home in Texas. However, The fact that this individual was here in the first place underscores yet another failure of the Biden administration to properly vet individuals who entered the country. again, not through any law, but through this abuse of something called parole. How could someone like this intended suicide bomber, who, in his own words, came into the country with the express intent of killing Americans, slip through the cracks?” (06:15–06:27)

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