{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.tuberville.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/tuberville-calls-for-mass-deportation-of-radical-islamists/", "Tuberville\u00a0Calls for Mass Deportation of Radical Islamists", "2025-12-11", "2025", "2025-12", "Republican", "Senate", "AL", "Tommy Tuberville", "T000278", "www.tuberville.senate.gov", "tuberville", "https://www.tuberville.senate.gov/press-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Following the shooting of two national guardsmen in D.C. by an Islamic terrorist, U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) took to the Senate floor to warn of the growing threat of Radical Islam. Senator Tuberville called on the Trump administration to take immediate action to deport all Islamic terrorists.\n\nRead Senator Tuberville\u2019s speech below or watch on YouTube or Rumble.\n\n\u201cI came to the floor earlier this year to warn of the imminent threat that Islam poses to our great country. Unfortunately, that threat turned into reality just a few weeks ago when a deranged jihadist shot two of our national guardsmen just steps from the White House. Just before Thanksgiving, Specialist Sarah Backstrom and Staff Sergeant Andrew Wolfe were on patrol near the White House when they were attacked by a Biden-imported Afghan Islamist. A 29-year-old jihadist radically, viciously attacked them, killing Specialist Backstrom and leaving Staff Sergeant Wolfe in critical condition. He\u2019s still fighting for his life today. Our prayers go out to him and his family.\n\nSo, let\u2019s make it very clear. The Afghan terrorist attacked these two soldiers because that is what Islam teaches. The Quran says to \u2018kill all infidels.\u2019 That means all people who don\u2019t believe in Islam. Let\u2019s not mince words about this. Islamists want every single American\u2014and especially Christian Americans\u2014they want dead. In 2021, Joe Biden orchestrated the botched Afghan withdrawal, which was one of the most embarrassing days in our country\u2019s history. Thirteen American soldiers lost their lives as a direct result of [Joe] Biden\u2019s disastrous, misinformed leadership.\n\nNot to mention, he empowered the Taliban who came crawling out of the hills to back control of Afghanistan. To make matters worse, Joe Biden then allowed more than 190,000\u2014repeat that\u2014190,000 unvetted Afghans into this country, no questions asked. Not to mention the more than $7 billion in equipment that was left behind for the Taliban, which, by the way, is now showing up all over the world after it\u2019s been sold. These potential terrorists are now living amongst us, residing in our neighborhoods, going to our kids\u2019 schools, and mooching off our taxpayer benefits. That withdrawal was an embarrassment and a stain on our country.\n\nThe 29-year-old deranged terrorist who shot two national guardsmen in D.C. was working with the CIA in Afghanistan and was part of an elite unit that was supposed to be helping fight our nation\u2019s enemies. Clearly, this person was deranged and should never have been allowed to work with our intelligence agencies or to come to the U.S. where he viciously attacked two American guardsmen while chanting \u2018Allahu Akbar.\u2019 Make no mistake. This is part of the deep state\u2019s globalist agenda that aims to destroy this country through mass Islamic migration. Where\u2019s the outrage from the people in this chamber? I\u2019ve haven\u2019t heard it.\n\nIf we don\u2019t do something to stop this Islamic takeover of our country, we will soon be called the \u2018United Caliphate of America.\u2019 If the previous administration prioritized protecting American citizens instead of inviting terrorists to our country, Sarah Backstrom may still be alive today. Thanks to President Trump, a travel ban has been placed on Afghans, along with people from 18 other third-world countries, including Somalia. And I\u2019ve got a message to the immigrants from these Islamic countries. If you hate this country, refuse to go by our laws and chant \u2018death to America,\u2019 it\u2019s time to go home. There\u2019s a lot of good people that come from Middle Eastern countries who go by laws and assimilate with our culture. But if you come here otherwise, it\u2019s time to go home.\n\nThe Trump administration is also prioritizing the deportation of Afghans who are already here illegally. You know, I\u2019m 100% behind President Trump\u2019s effort to [get] rid [of] [\u2026] Islamists who hate our country, as I just previously said. [\u2026] We should be welcoming immigrants who are willing to assimilate with our culture and to contribute to our society. That\u2019s what we want.\n\nBeing in this country is a privilege, not a right. If you\u2019re an immigrant coming to this country, you need to leave your old way of life\u2014your other traditions behind. And come here and work with us. Unfortunately, many of the Islamists who are here are not doing that. They\u2019re doing whatever they can to turn our country into the third-world hellhole that they came from. We are different. We want a great country, not a third-world country. These foreigners don\u2019t understand what this country stands for. This country owes you nothing but an opportunity to succeed. It doesn\u2019t owe you a handout.\n\nIslamic immigrants come to this country with a sense of entitlement. And that\u2019s what this country is not about. We\u2019ll give you a hand, but not everything. They believe the American people owe them something and we don\u2019t owe anybody anything. They take advantage of our system. If this is your attitude, we don\u2019t want you here. We want you to help this country become better. The Somali population in Minnesota, as we\u2019ve been watching on the news for the last few days, is an example of a group that thinks they\u2019re entitled to take anything they want from the American people and force Americans to bow to their will.\n\nSomali immigrants in Minnesota were recently caught stealing more than $1 billion and counting from American taxpayers. Stealing it. They pretended to be using the money to feed children or help people with autism. But really, they were stealing. They were stealing the money and sending it to terrorists in Somalia\u2014all proven. This is pure evil, and it\u2019s straight from the pit of hell. Terrorists are driving around in Toyota Land Cruisers in Somalia, bought and paid for by the American taxpayers. Fox News recently reported that members of Minnesota Democratic Representative Ilhan Omar\u2019s inner circle, people working for her were personally profiting from this fraud. Omar held at least one event at one of the restaurants named in the massive fraud scheme. And by the way, one of Congresswoman Omar\u2019s staffers has already been convicted for his role in the fraud. It runs very deep. All of this has taken place inside of Omar\u2019s congressional district, and she\u2019s doing everything she can to defend these Somali criminals.\n\nThese people were empowered by the woke and clueless so-called governor Tim Walz, whose government handed the funds to these Somali criminals. He turned a blind eye. For example, one of the scams run by the Somali nonprofit disguised itself as a housing assistance program. Sounds great. The initial budget for this program was $2.6 million dollars. However, the annual budget quickly increased to over $100 million due to fake billing and fraud. And whose money is that? The American taxpayers\u2019. There were red flags all over the place.\n\nTim Walz had every opportunity to see this, investigate, and stop this fraud and corruption. Instead, he looked the other way. That makes him complicit. He should go to jail for this. Anybody else would. And now he\u2019s trying to deflect by calling those who are angry about the Somali fraud \u2018racist.\u2019 Sure they do. That\u2019s the word they always use. This has nothing to do with racism. Somali immigrants stole more than $1 billion and counting from the American taxpayers. Again, proven. That should make every single American\u2019s blood boil.\n\nDemocrats invite terrorists from all over the world into this country. They let them steal our benefits, enjoy our schools, overrun our hospitals, vote in our elections, and then steal our tax dollars to send back to their home countries to fund terrorism. By the way, I\u2019ve seen all of these woke Democrats like Omar calling Samalia a wonderful place. If it\u2019s such a wonderful place, why doesn\u2019t she move back? If Samalia is all that, why is the terrorist group Al Shabaab murdering Somali civilians by the masses? And why is the capital of Somalia considered to be one of the most dangerous capitals in the world due to frequent terrorist bombings, targeted killings, and ambushes. That sound like a place no one would ever want to visit or live.\n\nPredictably, Samalis often flee their country. And woke Democrats welcome these often unvetted individuals with open arms to the United States through illegal programs. But they make no attempt\u2014they make no attempt to adapt to the way of our American lives. Instead, they try to turn whatever American city they are hiding out in into Somalia 2.0. Thankfully, the Trump administration is working around the clock to reverse the evil open borders agenda that was allowed to thrive under Joe Biden\u2019s administration. Look, despite what the media will tell you. President Trump is not anti-immigration. President Trump is incentivizing and welcoming immigrants into the country who are going to come here to contribute and assimilate and love our country like we do.\n\nThat\u2019s what we\u2019re all about. And if that is not you, if they don\u2019t wanna do that, again, we don\u2019t want you here. The Trump administration has worked tirelessly this year to arrest and deport millions of illegals brought into the country by the Biden administration. Patriotic Americans are thankful for the work of DHS and ICE of what they\u2019re doing to clean up our streets. If we don\u2019t take this threat seriously, more terrorist attacks will take place. More stories of third-world Islamists defrauding our country and using tax dollars to fund terrorism against the United States will become commonplace.\n\nDNI Tulsi Gabbard released a report not long ago about the imminent threat of terrorism that is facing our country. It\u2019s here. The recent terrorist attack in D.C. may just be the beginning of Islamists\u2019 plans to destroy this country. The 29-year-old psychopath who did this should be hung in the streets. We need to send a message to every terrorist hiding out in this country just waiting to attack. We\u2019re not gonna put up with this nonsense. You will be punished to the fullest extent of the law if you commit violence against American citizens. It\u2019s time to wake up and it\u2019s time for all Americans to speak up. This is not a Democrat or Republican issue. This is an American issue.\n\nThat\u2019s why I raised hell when I heard the Islamic Academy of Alabama was looking to build a bigger campus in Hoover, Alabama just last week. You know, I looked at their website, they openly admit that they teach the Quran. The Quran teaches that it is righteous to kill anyone who is not a Muslim. Think about that. The media\u2019s calling me a racist for calling this out. Radical Islam isn\u2019t a race. It is a political ideology and it is a cult. So, nope, I\u2019m not a racist, and clearly, people back in Alabama agree with me. I was proud to see hundreds of Alabamians show up to protest at the zoning meeting where the building proposal was being considered. I was asked about it. And I said the only place this Islamic academy should be moving is out of Alabama and out of our country. [\u2026] As a result, this Islamic school withdrew their proposal.\n\nThis is an example of what it\u2019s going to take to defeat this poisonous ideology. This is an example of what we do not want to deal with. It\u2019s going to take all of us red-blooded Americans coming together and saying enough is enough. Europe has lost the war of immigration. It is no longer recognizable in a lot of countries in Europe.\n\nMass immigration by Islamists has ruined their way of life. They turned a blind eye like we are at the moment and are going to have to fight in the streets to get their countries back. It\u2019s coming. And that is exactly what\u2019s gonna happen in this country in a few short years if we don\u2019t act now to save our country and our way of life.\n\nI achieved the greatest honor in my life this year receiving the title of \u2018grandfather\u2019 to Rosie Grace, my first granddaughter. And I want her to grow up in the same America that I had the opportunity and privilege to grow up in.\n\nIf we don\u2019t stand up now, our grandchildren\u2019s futures are gonna be lost forever. We have to draw the line in the sand. You\u2019re either an American who loves this country or you\u2019re not. It is the job of the DOJ, the DHS, the FBI to arrest these people, these terrorists, these radical terrorists, and either put them in jail or send them home. Now is the time. We do not need to let the clock run out on us. Let\u2019s not [end up like] Europe. Next year may be too late.\u201d\n\nSenator Tommy Tuberville represents Alabama in the United States Senate and is a member of the Senate Armed Services, Agriculture, Veterans\u2019 Affairs, HELP and Aging Committees.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:09:11Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.tuberville.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/tuberville-calls-for-mass-deportation-of-radical-islamists/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.9041188061237335, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}