In a letter sent last week to congressional leaders in the House and Senate, the retired officials "express our concern about a current, specific threat that may be one of the most pernicious ever to menace the United States."
The letter warns "the United States is facing a new and imminent danger" and highlights what the officials say is a threat of an invasion at the southern border, where there were over 302,000 migrant encounters in December after a record fiscal 2023 in which there were 2.4 million migrant encounters.
"In its modern history, the U.S. has never suffered an invasion of the homeland and, yet, one is unfolding now," they say. "Military aged men from across the globe, many from countries or regions not friendly to the United States, are landing in waves on our soil by the thousands — not by splashing ashore from a ship or parachuting from a plane but rather by foot across a border that has been accurately advertised around the world as largely unprotected with ready access granted."
MIGRANT CRISIS BROKE NEW RECORD IN DECEMBER WITH 302K ENCOUNTERS, OFFICIALS CONFIRM
Migrants, mostly from Venezuela, move into Eagle Pass, Texas, Sept. 20, 2023. (Fox News)
The ten officials include former FBI assistant directors Kevin Brock and Chris Swecker, former Terrorist Screening Center Director Timothy Healy and former acting Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Mark Morgan, who is also a former FBI superintendent.