US Senator Marco Rubio urges caution over Canada's plan to take in thousands of Gazans

Strangely I haven't heard any conservative politicians opposing the Gaza refugees in any vigorous specific way have you maybe they've whispered it somewhere but you'd think this would be a five alarm fire wouldn't you now if I'm wrong please correct me let me know if I miss someone in the official opposition opposing this there are some reasons to oppose it they're a danger to us they won't fit into our Canadian society and they might fit in too well with the Hamas hate marches every week in Canada we we have too many migrants already in Canada housing is expensive wages are driven down and what work skills do these refugees have there wouldn't be a fit here but I think another one another reason is Canada's reputation with our allies which is what we're talking about today here's what US senator Marco Rubio who happens to be the ranking member of the US Senate intelligence committee here's what he has to say he tweeted about this Canada allowing gazin refugees with potential terrorist ties into their country poses a national security threat to the US northern border in a letter with colleagues urged secretary mayorcas to heighten precautions along the border then he posted a link to that letter I'm going to read a lot of it it's a it's a letter to the cabinet secretary for Homeland Security that's who my orcus is so here's the letter dear secretary Marcus on May 27th 20 24 the government of Canada announced its intent to increase the number of gazin who will be allowed into their country under temporary special measures we are deeply concerned and request heightened scrutiny by the US Department of Homeland Security should any of them attempt to enter the United States at ports of Entry as well as between ports of Entry like roxom Road in Reverse we have the longest undefended border with uh the US in the world so now Hamas and their handpicked refugees to Canada due too I'm going to read about a special kind of passport that Trudeau is giving these gons as described by Rubio it's part of the letter Canada's measures to apply for a temporary resident Visa TRV will reportedly be offered to Palestinians living in the Palestinian territories currently once the foreign National is granted entry by Canada via a TRV they are given a refugee travel Document which replaces their Original Country passport while they apply for Canadian citizenship and wait to receive a Canadian passport I didn't know we were welcoming these Gins on a permanent basis did you after arriving in Canada and being issued this travel Document Palestinians can then travel outside Canada since the refugee travel Document becomes a valid form of identification which is recognized in 146 countries for the purposes of filling out paperwork and applying for visas for example the US citizen ship and Immigration Services accepts a refugee travel Document as a valid form of documentation for traveling purposes in place of a passport however with little to no reliable records or background checks of these individuals from the Palestinian territories these policies unlock opportunities for individuals with ties to terrorist groups to enter Canada receive new forms of identification and then try to enter the us along the poorest northern border and that's the thing isn't it we love America and America loves us so we really have easy travel across the border we've had it for Generations 911 tighten things up a bit you need a passport typically to cross the border now but we don't need a special visa and of course Trudeau is giving a form of a passport to people from Gaza replacing their old passport will the US continue to allow this to happen allow free and easy travel if Trudeau opens the northern door to risks I'll keep reading the letter irrespective of Canada's immigration policies the US should not wave Common Sense terrorist screening and Ving for any individual entering the us through other countries while the Biden Administration claims that all foreign Nationals are inspected pursuant to the immigration and nationality act this administration's lack board border control en border enforcement is increasingly apparent as terrorists and known criminals continue to stream across us land borders including from Canada unfortunately so far in fiscal year 24 get this US Customs and Border protections office of field operations has encountered more than 233 suspected terrorists at our northern border with many more likely going undetected this is already higher than totals in previous years I didn't know that did you 223 suspected terrorists in Canada trying to get into the states this year alone now that's terrifying to me because that means there are 233 terrorist suspects in Canada just who were going to the US and were were turned back how many more are up here who who haven't tried to go to the US or weren't detected by the US and if they were detected they were surely just stopped at the border and sent back sent back to what just sent back to their homes to our neighborhoods were police on the Canadian side even advised of this were police invited to arrest these terrorists did they or these suspected terrorists just Milling around just sitting in Canada now unable to go to the US so perhaps they'll choose Canadian targets what happened to these 233 suspected terrorists that came from Canada and were returned to Canada I I find that a terrifying question here's more from the letter as such the possibility of terrorists crossing the US Canada border is deeply concerning given the deep penetration of gazin society by Hamas it would be irresponsible for the us to not take necessary heightened precautions when foreigners attempt to enter the United States further we urge you to coordinate with the US Department of State to ensure that the US is informed by the government of Canada if particularly high-risk individuals are allowed to enter Canada from Gaza and request answers to the following questions by August 8th 2024 now this is a list of questions the Rubio um has but we should be asking them too and I don't think they've been asked here's Rubio's questions when a Palestinian national or Canadian TRV holder that's that temporary uh uh sort of form of a passport attempts to enter and or claim Asylum at a Us Port of Entry what is the US Department of homeand secuity protocol to either permit or deny their entry so what happens if they come to Canada and then try and claim asylum in the states have there been instances of Palestinian Nationals entering the United States through our Southern and or Northern borders if so how many have been released into the US despite the US not accepting gas and r refugees wow that's a good question how many been denied entry for those that are denied what is the process for removal if a gin claims Asylum at the southern or northern border under what circumstances will the Department of Homeland Security release the individual into the US I'm assuming they're being being sent back to Canada but Senator Rubio what he cares about is are they getting into the US have gin been permitted entry into into the country via the southern or northern border if so how many and under what status those are great questions if you hear those questions asked in Canada and then he closes thank you for your attention to this important matter th I I think those are really good questions I have not heard them asked either by the media or the official opposition in this country I think we need to ask our own government those same and similar questions if only our official opposition might have the courage to do so and look mark Rubio's office wrote the letter but half a dozen US senators signed it including some very senior and influential Senators Ted Cruz for example senators in the US uh really do things they're they're very powerful people there's only 100 senators in the whole Congress uh they're not rubber stamps like we have up here or or Chinese agents as we have up here our Senators really don't have power they do down there oh and when I went to the cbc's website to see how they were reporting on this well the answer is they've got nothing here's the search I did nothing six US senators Ring the Alarm about Hamas infiltration they say 233 terrorist suspects were detected trying to come in from Canada they're threatening to tighten up the Border but Trudeau CBC State broadcaster says nothing not a word yeah we're in trouble how pitiful is it that we need help from the US to save us [Music]