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  • Democrat Narrative That Border Is 'Not A War Zone' Blown Up After 10 IEDs Found

    Democrat Narrative That Border Is 'Not A War Zone' Blown Up After 10 IEDs Found

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    Democrat claims that the border is “not a war zone” took a significant hit after Mexican authorities seized 10 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in an area just south of Tucson, Arizona.

    FOX Business Network is reporting that a drug cartel gunfight witnessed by the Tucson border patrol resulted in the Mexican military seizing the devices.

    Now, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is warning their agents to be vigilant.

    An internal memo obtained by the network is warning agents to “exercise extreme caution” and “report any possible armed subjects approaching the border with possible explosive devices.”

    RELATED: Stunning Footage Shows Tens of Thousands of Illegal Immigrants Desperately Trying to Catch a Train and Cross The U.S. Border

    IEDs Found, Man Arrested With AK-47 On US Side

    In addition to the 10 IEDs located at the border, reports indicate an armed individual on the American side was arrested with a loaded AK-47 rifle, two loaded magazines, loose rounds, and a handgun.

    Fox Business reporter Hillary Vaughn stated the individual arrested alerted authorities to 11 other armed suspects nearby.

    The Mexican military, Vaughn revealed, found the 10 IEDs “filled with black powder and shrapnel.”

    A law enforcement source told Vaughn that the ranch where the cartel firefight took place “has a gap in the border fence that is typically used in the past to funnel drugs through, but now it’s a magnet for the cartel to push people through.”

    The Fox Business reporter said the source explained that the gap “was just a spot in the border wall that was never completed.”

    President Biden halted construction of the border wall immediately upon taking office, saying that the border crisis was far less “important” than other matters.

    “There will not be another foot of wall constructed on my administration, number 1,” Biden said in an interview with NPR before the 2020 presidential election.

    He would follow through, issuing an executive order on his first day in office terminating any construction of that wall.

    RELATED: ‘I Will Await His Apology’: Trump Taunts Biden After White House Waves Dozens Of Laws To Build His Border Wall

    Democrats INSISTED The Border Was Not A War Zone

    Authorities discovering 10 IEDs at the site of a “gang war,” as Vaughn describes it, along with multiple firearms, seems to indicate the presence of a combat zone of sorts.

    And yet there have been a plethora of examples of Democrats declaring over the years that Republicans are overstating the situation and that the border is not a “war zone.”

    Cesar Blanco, a Democrat member of the Texas Senate said as a state representative that the debate over border security is “purely politics.”

    “It’s bad for business,” he complained of the debate. “We on the border are trying to get away from the idea that the border is a war zone.”

    Juanita Martinez, a retired schoolteacher and the current Democratic Party chair for Maverick County, just this past July said, “No, sir. I do not see a war zone.”

    One wonders if she sees it now.

    Isidrio Leal, a member of “Veterans For Peace,” called former President Donald Trump’s rhetoric about security at the border “hate speech.”

    “Unfortunately, it’s hate speech — what [Trump] says about immigrants, what he says about needing the wall, that the U.S.-Mexico border is a war zone,” Leal said as he protested a visit by Trump in 2019. “It’s not actually — Iraq was.”

    Well, now they both have IEDs in common. And at least Trump visited the war zone.

    In 2021, former Democratic Rep. Filemon Vela whose wife currently serves as Director of the President’s Commission on White House Fellowships, echoed the sentiments.

    “Let’s make one thing clear: the narrative of a violent and insecure border region is blatantly false,” said Vela in a statement regarding another Trump visit. “The border is not a war zone, and the wall Abbott and Trump are trying to get Texans to pay for is not only a waste of their hard-earned money but also an un-American symbol of hatred.”

    The fact is, the border is a war zone. An active one at that.

    More than 8.2 million illegal immigrants have crossed the border since Biden took office, including more than 1.7 million gotaways that have evaded Border Patrol.

    The Biden administration has overseen the arrests of 172 individuals on the terror watchlist at ports of entry so far this fiscal year.

    Now CBP can start tallying up IEDs along with them.

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  • National Safety Shelters Repurposes Safety Pods To Protect Government Officials From Violent Attacks

    National Safety Shelters Repurposes Safety Pods To Protect Government Officials From Violent Attacks

    Officials and staff can now have instant access to near-absolute protection from armed intruders and bomb threats without restricting building access

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    updated: May 25, 2021


    WASHINGTON, May 25, 2021 (Newswire.com)
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    In response to the January 6 attack on the Capitol Building and the alarming Capitol Police report of a “107% increase in threats against Members [of Congress] compared to 2020,” National Safety Shelters is repurposing its line of Hide-Away safety pods and proposing that Congress consider acquiring them to protect Members and their staff from future violent attacks.

    INSTANT NEAR-ABSOLUTE PROTECTION

    The Hide-Away safety pods are bolt-together steel structures that provide instant access to safety from violent attacks and certain natural disasters (tornadoes, earthquakes). Fabricated using military-grade ballistic American steel, they protect against rounds shot from commonly used firearms and semi-automatic weapons like the AK47 and AR15. They also offer protection from the blast and shrapnel of IEDs.

    Originally designed to withstand the forces of EF-5 tornadoes and falling debris from earthquakes, the Hide-Away pods have since been installed in K-12 schools to protect students and staff from active shooters and tornadoes (in tornado prone areas). They are the only safety measure currently available that provides instant access to near-absolute protection.

    Small pods can be placed in personal offices and homes to protect from one to several individuals, whereas larger models can accommodate from dozens to hundreds of occupants, depending on the need. Each can be custom configured to fit into just about any available space.

    With a safety pod in each office, Members and staff can now have an unprecedented level of security that no other safety measure can achieve – instant protection. In addition to their use at the Capitol Complex, Members could also install them in their homes and district offices.

    This economical security safety net would only require a minute fraction of the $1.9 billion spending bill that Congress is currently proposing for security upgrades.

    SECURITY WITHOUT LIMITING BUILDING ACCESS

    Notably, the Hide-Away safety pods and shelters satisfy the recommendations outlined in the Capitol Security Review released on March 5, 2021 by Task Force 1-6  led by retired Army Lt. Gen. Russel Honoré. The recommendations seek “to improve the security of the Capitol, Members, and staff” in ways that will not reduce “physical access to the Capitol Complex.”

    Being that the pods would be installed either inside personal offices or at other easily accessible interior locations throughout the Complex, there would be no impact on physical access to either the Capitol Building or other office buildings within the Complex. Should a violent attack occur, casualties could virtually be eliminated.

    In view of the current threat level to Members and the uptick in mass shootings this year (212 as of 5/13), National Safety Shelters is in the process of introducing this innovative security safety net to all 535 Members of Congress, federal security and law enforcement agencies and all 50 state governments.

    For more information please contact Sarah Corrado at 1-772-248-0236 or sarah@nationalsafetyshelters.com.

    Source: National Safety Shelters

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