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Former Navy SEAL Rob O’Neill didn’t mince words on Ed Henry’s The Big Take, telling viewers that Democrats have created the very conditions that would allow Iranian sleeper cells to take root here by refusing to secure the border. His blunt warning echoed what many Americans already fear: when you have an open southern border, you invite the chaos and leave the American people exposed. The Big Take has been a platform for these national-security concerns, and O’Neill’s message was exactly the kind of wake-up call patriots need right now.
Intelligence and federal law-enforcement sources have put the country on alert about the possibility that Tehran could try to activate operatives inside the United States, prompting agencies to sharpen their vigilance. This is not abstract drama — the threat advisories and reporting signal real concern that our adversaries may seek to retaliate or destabilize the homeland. Americans shouldn’t be made to apologize for wanting the government to do its core job: protect citizens from foreign enemies.
Conservative voices across the board have been warning about this for months, arguing that lax border policies during the Biden years produced millions of “gotaways” and left holes in our national security. Figures from former governors to Homeland Security veterans have repeatedly pointed to the same logic: uncontrolled migration equals increased risk of hostile actors slipping through. Those warnings aren’t partisan fear-mongering; they’re common-sense risk assessments from people who know what national defense looks like.
Meanwhile, critical components of homeland security are being hamstrung by political brinkmanship and funding fights, even as TSA and other agencies warn of growing threats and operational strain. The very agencies charged with keeping us safe are begging Congress to stop playing political games and give them the tools they need to do their jobs. To shrug at that plea is to prioritize politics over patriotism and to gamble with the lives of everyday Americans.
We cannot afford the luxury of naive optimism while our enemies plot and while open-border policies hand them opportunity on a silver platter. Those who insist the border is a purely humanitarian issue must explain why national security experts keep sounding alarms about hostile actors and weapons potentially moving through our porous frontier. The choice is stark: secure the border and fund our defenders, or accept vulnerability and the moral failure that comes when politicians put ideology ahead of safety.
Fixing this is straightforward for anyone who puts the country first: restore robust border enforcement, fully fund DHS and frontline law enforcement, and stop releasing dangerous policies that invite exploitation. We owe it to every family that sends a son or daughter overseas to fight for this country to ensure those sacrifices aren’t undone at home by political cowardice. The time for excuses is over; the time for action is now.
Patriots don’t cower when a threat is named — we act. If Rob O’Neill, Ed Henry, and the homeland-security professionals are ringing the alarm, every American who loves liberty should demand a secure border and a nation governed by resolve, not weakness.
