USA: 21 Days of Prayer for Southwest Border Security
Islamic Incursion Across the Southwest Border
In light of the recent terror massacres in Paris and San Bernardino, CA, public attention has turned to lone-wolves or Islamic sleeper-cell attacks and the possibility that would-be terrorists are among those seeking to come to America as refugees or immigrants.
Equally concerning however, is the Islamic infiltration across our Southwest border that has been ongoing for years.
In August 2007 former Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell stated that not only have terrorists used the Southwest border to enter the United States - but that they will inevitably continue to do so as long as it is an available possibility.
During 2010, Iranian currency and prayer rugs were regularly found near the southern border.In a July 2012 hearing before the full U.S. House of Representatives Janet Napolitano, Homeland Security Secretary, confirmed that terrorists have crossed the Southwest border with the intent to harm the American people. It is well known that drug cartels are assisting Islamic terrorists in gaining entrance and crossing the border.
Are Islamic Jihadists "Testing the Gates?"
In November 2015, two separate reports of groups of America-bound Syrians detained below the US southern border as well as the arrests of five Pakistani nationals and one Afghan national captured with smugglers in Sonoita, AZ raised concerns that Islamic State militants could be probing security and "testing the gates."
Later that week, Honduran authorities arrested five Syrians they said were headed for the U.S. with stolen or doctored Greek passports, but later said the men were college students fleeing war at home. On the same day and 1,800 miles north, two Syrian families were taken into custody at a border checkpoint in Texas.
Recently, 6 individuals from Afghanistan, Iraq, and Yemen were picked up by U.S. border patrol near Laredo, Texas.
"We know that terrorist groups look for the weakest link,
or any way they can gain entry."
- Jessica Vaughan, Center for Immigration Studies
Congressman Ted Poe (R-TX) has previously said he believes ISIS will use the southern border to enter the United States:
"The drug cartels will bring people into the country no matter who they are, for money...National security does not start overseas; it starts at the border between the U.S. and Mexico.
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime has released a report exposing Mexican cartels and street gangs as conduits for individuals from Africa and Asia entering the U.S illegally.
Among other threats, Mexican cartels are assisting illegal border-crossers from Somalia, a known haven for Islamic fighters and terrorists from across Africa and the Middle East, according to this report.
Border Patrol regularly apprehends aliens from the 35 "special interest countries" designated as hotbeds for potential terrorist threats.
Between 2006 and 2011 there were 1,918 of these "Special Interest Aliens" stopped at our Southwest border, according to the most recent numbers available.
Over 30 Recent Immigrants with Ties to Terrorism
Potential threats are not only coming across the Southwest border but via our immigration process, due to poor security vetting.
- Jeff Sessions (R-AL) released a list of some 30 terrorists who were recently granted access to the US through the nation's immigration system.
Terror groups have demonstrated that they will recruit from among the massive influx of migrants and refugees coming into this nation. Better security vetting is needed in order to protect our nation
LET'S PRAY:
- Lord, we thank You for all those who stand guard over our borders daily: our intelligence, national security, and law enforcement agencies (U.S. Customs and Border Protection, FBI, DEA, ATF, and county sherifs).
- Keep them vigilant and grant them supernatural discernment to identify threats to our national security from jihadists who have pledged to attack Americans.
- Father of Light, bring good tips and leads to our law enforcement and uncover all terrorist plots and threats before they can bring harm to our nation. We declare that "There is nothing hidden that will not be revealed, and there is nothing secret that will not become known and come to light" (Luke 8:17).
- Merciful God, we thank you for the many times You have spared our nation from terrorist inspired disasters over the years.
- We pray that Congress would tackle the issue of stopping radicalized Islamic immigrants and refugees who pose a national security risk from entering the US.
- We ask now for a sweeping harvest in the Islamic world and among Muslim immigrants in America and Europe! Continue to open eyes and hearts to the gospel and demonstrate signs and wonders to them, we pray.
- Thank you that more Muslims have come to faith in Christ in the past 10 years than in the previous 14 centuries combined!
- According to Brother Rachid, son of a Moroccan imam who now hosts an Arabic language Christian program, many Muslims are questioning their faith: Many Muslims are saying, 'If ISIS is Islam, I'm leaving.' Some are becoming atheists... many are turning to Jesus Christ. Islam was never faced with this crisis before.
"The greatest power of Islam is the weakness of the Christians," according to another ex-Muslim. Lord, we cry out to You for a Great Awakening in Your Church in America and we praise You for the signs of this that we see in the beginning stages already!
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