U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas says that domestic violent extremism now constitutes a greater terrorism threat to the U.S. than threats from al-Qaida, the Islamic State, and other radical jihadi groups, the Yahoo News website reports today (June 15, 2021).
"I consider it and I think we consider it collectively the most significant terrorism-related threat impacting the homeland," Mayorkas said.
He made those comments as he unveiled the U.S. government's first national strategy for combating the domestic terror threat -- a problem that has taken an increased urgency in the wake of the January 6 attack on the Capitol.
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