After attacks in Minnesota and New York, Ron continues work to keep us safe

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Ron is taking quick action after recent attacks in Minnesota and New York and sent a letter to the Department of Homeland Security asking for information on the suspected terrorists. He said, “It is important for Congress to learn more about these individuals in order to understand and evaluate the department’s efforts to counter homegrown radical extremism.”

From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:

Ahead of a key Senate hearing, Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson on Tuesday asked federal officials for travel and visa information on the two terror suspects from last weekend’s attacks in Minnesota, New York and New Jersey.

Johnson chairs the Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee, which is scheduled next week to hear testimony from key Obama Administration officials on terror threats.

In a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson, the Wisconsin Senator has asked for information on Dahir Aden, who police said stabbed 10 people at a shopping mall in St. Cloud, Minn., and Ahmad Khan Rahami, suspected of carrying out bombings in New York and New Jersey.

Aden, a son of Somali refugees, was killed by an off-duty police officer. Rahami, a naturalized U.S. citizen who was born in Afghanistan, was captured after a shootout with police.

From CNN:

The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee chairman asked the secretary for the alien files, records of foreign travel, visa applications and citizen applications for the two men and immigration, visa and travel records for Rahami’s wife.
“It is important for Congress to learn more about these individuals in order to understand and evaluate the department’s efforts to counter homegrown radical extremism,” Johnson wrote.
The senator told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer on Tuesday that the request for information is about putting pieces together.
“I’ve sent a letter to secretary of DHS Jeh Johnson. I want to see the alien file, I want to know everything we can found out about Mr. Rahami as well as Mr. Adan,” Johnson said. “And we’ve just got to try to piece things together. But Wolf, we are not fighting a winning battle here when we’re dealing with these inspired lone wolfs.”