Anna Paulina Luna has repeatedly criticized the Biden administration's border and immigration policies, claiming they have intentionally weakened border security for political reasons and allowed known terrorists into the U.S. (Fox News, 5/24/24; Fox Business, 6/4/24)
Luna argues that the House has passed strong border security measures, including H.R.2, but accuses the Democrat-controlled Senate of blocking them and demanding mass amnesty in return (Fox News, 5/24/24; Fox Business, 6/4/24)
She has claimed that the number of illegal immigrants in the U.S. exceeds 22 million, that individuals on terrorist watchlists have entered via the border, and called for an immediate border shutdown (Fox News, 5/24/24; Fox Business, 6/4/24)
Luna asserts that Democrats label minorities who support border security as "racist" or "xenophobic," and claims that Biden's approach is political pandering that is pushing some traditional Democratic voters toward the GOP (Fox Business, 6/4/24)
Luna has condemned colleagues advocating to defund Border Patrol and ICE, arguing that such actions enable human traffickers and harm minority children (Fox News, 2/7/23)
Potential vulnerability: Some claims---such as the estimate of over 22 million illegal immigrants and allegations linking protest rhetoric directly to terrorist organizations---are contested or lack detailed public substantiation, which could open Luna's stance to criticism or fact-checking (Fox News, INGRAHAM ANGLE 7:00 PM EST, 5/2/24)
February 2023: Luna Condemned Members Advocating To Defund Border Patrol And ICE According to Fox News, "REP. ANNA PAULINA LUNA (R-FL): Any member of this House of Representatives advocating to defund Border Patrol and ICE, not only are you complicit and engaging in aiding and abetting traffickers, but you are hurting minority children at that." [Fox News THE STORY WITH MARTHA MACCALLUM 3:00 PM EST, 2/7/23]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Asserted House Passed Strong Border Security Measure Blocked By Senate In an interview with Fox News, Anna Paulina Luna said, "Congress actually passed up a very strong border security measure, and it's really sitting in the Senate, because the Senate told us, Democrat Senate controlled, mind you, that they would actually pass border security unless there's mass amnesty. And as you know, Kayleigh, we can't afford to do that." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with FOX News, 5/24/24]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Asserted House Passed Border Security Measure Blocked By Senate In an interview with Fox News, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna said, "Congress actually passed up a very strong border security measure, and it's really sitting in the Senate, because the Senate told us, Democrat Senate controlled, mind you, that they would actually pass border security unless there's mass amnesty. And as you know, Kayleigh, we can't afford to do that." [Interview - Rep. Anna Paulina Luna with Fox News, 5/24/24]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Supported H.R.2 For Border Security In an interview with Fox Business, Anna Paulina Luna said, "You know, Neil, that we passed H.R.2 months ago, and yet the Senate sat on this." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with Fox Business (Neil Cavuto), 6/4/24]
2023: Anna Paulina Luna Urged Congressional Focus On U.S. Southern Border Instead Of Syria According to an opinion piece by Liam Edgar in Free Press (Tampa, Florida), Luna wrote, "Congress, she noted, if lawmakers were genuinely worried about terrorists inside America, would instead focus on 'our nonexistent southern border and the influx of terrorists coming into our own country, and the rise of a peer rival in China.'" [Liam Edgar - Free Press (Tampa, Florida), 3/16/23]
2023: Anna Paulina Luna Criticized Biden Administration Border Policies According to an opinion piece by Liam Edgar in Free Press (Tampa, Florida), Luna said, "Terrorists quite literally walk across our southern border, a national security crisis that our current president's policies deliberately facilitate. Why aren't the billions of dollars spent in the Middle East being invested in guarding our own border?" [Liam Edgar - Free Press (Tampa, Florida), 3/16/23]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Claimed Biden Administration Released Known Terrorist Into U.S. In an interview with Fox News, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna said, "in April of this year, there was a known terrorists that was released into the U.S. country in Texas actually that had been responsible and tied to a group that had killed nine soldiers in Afghanistan. And the fact is, is that this is not the first time that it's occurred." [Interview - Rep. Anna Paulina Luna with Fox News, 5/24/24]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Criticized Depiction Of Immigrants As Only Hispanic And Cited National Security Concerns In an interview with Fox News, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna said, "This administration has intentionally tried to create these illegals coming here as just Hispanic, [...] these people that are coming here are not just Hispanic, they're on the terrorist watchlists, and they want to hurt Americans." [Interview - Rep. Anna Paulina Luna with Fox News, 5/24/24]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Alleged Biden Administration Intentionally Allowed Border Security Lapses In an interview with Fox News, Anna Paulina Luna said, "But you know, I do believe that this administration knows what they're doing. And frankly, it's almost like they want something to happen." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with FOX News, 5/24/24]
May 2024: Anna Paulina Luna Criticized Biden Administration's Border Security According to Fox News INGRAHAM ANGLE, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) said, "Unfortunately, Kayleigh, it's a lot worse than the American people are being told by this administr..." [Fox News INGRAHAM ANGLE, 5/24/24]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Accused Biden Administration Of Intentionally Weakening Border Security In an interview with Fox News, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna said, "I do believe that this administration knows what they're doing. And frankly, it's almost like they want something to happen." [Interview - Rep. Anna Paulina Luna with Fox News, 5/24/24]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Claimed Biden Immigration Approach Was Political Pandering That Would Backfire In an interview with Fox News, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna said, "So, the Biden administration is doing this to pander, it's going to backfire. And that's exactly why you're seeing those voters, new voters from the Democrat party coming over to the Republican side for this election year." [Interview - Rep. Anna Paulina Luna with Fox News, 5/24/24]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Accused President Biden Of Delaying Border Security Actions For Political Reasons In an interview with Fox Business, Anna Paulina Luna said, "I heard in off-record conversation that the president knew that this was an issue months ago and that they were actually concerned on polling. And so he was considering this back then, was actually encouraged by the speaker of the House, of which he still took no action." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with Fox Business (Neil Cavuto), 6/4/24]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Claimed Biden Administration Undermined Border Security In an interview with Fox Business, Anna Paulina Luna said, "We know that Biden took over 300 actions that really undermined our own border security measures." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with Fox Business (Neil Cavuto), 6/4/24]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Accused Biden Administration Of Using Border Policy As Election Strategy In an interview with Fox Business, Anna Paulina Luna said, "We know that their campaign strategy from the get-go was to try to use this to leverage Hispanic voters for the upcoming election cycle. We are now seeing that that has backfired, that every single person in this country is worried about what's happening with the economy and also the rise of crime in our neighborhoods. And so the fact of the matter is, is that this administration, they're using this as a voting tool. They created it, and yet they're trying to say that they have the solution, when they have been the problem all along." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with Fox Business (Neil Cavuto), 6/4/24]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Criticized Democrats For Labeling Minorities As 'Racist' Or 'Xenophobic' For Supporting Border Security In an interview with Fox Business, Anna Paulina Luna said, "it really is unfortunate that the Democrat machines don't really care about what happens to Americans, and that they try to label so many of us that are minorities as racist and xenophobic for wanting this." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with Fox Business (Neil Cavuto), 6/4/24]
May 2024: Luna Asserted Some Protest Messaging Was Linked To Hamas And Terror Organizations According to Fox News INGRAHAM ANGLE 7:00 PM EST, "a lot of the talking points that we're seeing that are being spread out with these political protests and organizers are actually tied to Hamas rhetoric, and also other entities that have been deemed by the State Department as terrorist organizations." [Fox News INGRAHAM ANGLE 7:00 PM EST, 5/2/24]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Expressed Concern About Known Terrorists Entering The US At The Border In an interview with Neil Cavuto, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna said, "What about the people that have come here that are on the known terrorist watch list that they have been releasing into our country?" [Interview - Rep. Anna Paulina Luna with Neil Cavuto, 6/4/24]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Claimed Biden Administration Released Known Terrorist Into U.S. In an interview with Fox News, Anna Paulina Luna said, "Just to put in perspective, Kayleigh, in April of this year, there was a known terrorists that was released into the U.S. country in Texas actually that had been responsible and tied to a group that had killed nine soldiers in Afghanistan. And the fact is, is that this is not the first time that it's occurred." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with FOX News, 5/24/24]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Claimed Over 22 Million Illegal Immigrants Present In U.S. In an interview with Fox News, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna said, "In fact, currently, there's over 22 million illegals in this country." [Interview - Rep. Anna Paulina Luna with Fox News, 5/24/24]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Called For Immediate Border Shutdown In an interview with Fox Business, Anna Paulina Luna said, "We need to shut the border now, immediately. I would even say that even one person here illegally is too much. Shut it down." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with Fox Business (Neil Cavuto), 6/4/24]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Suggested Trump And Republicans Were Correct On Border Security In an interview with Fox Business, Anna Paulina Luna said, "I think that this administration knows that Trump was right on border security. He knows that Republicans in the Senate and the House were right on border security. So I welcome them to do this, but I think that they're going to have a lot of egg on their face, and the American people know that." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with Fox Business (Neil Cavuto), 6/4/24]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Denied That Trump Wanted To Delay Border Action For Political Gain In an interview with Fox Business, Anna Paulina Luna said, "No, I don't think that President Trump wanted to wait. In fact, whenever I have had conversations, he said, it's a shame what's happening on the border security." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with Fox Business (Neil Cavuto), 6/4/24]