Republicans demand stats on EXACTLY how many criminal cartel members have snuck into the U.S. through the border: Navy SEAL veteran leading new bill pins immigration failures on Biden ahead of his State of the Union

Former Navy SEAL Rep. Morgan Luttrell is pushing for a new border security law to account for the number of terrorists and cartel members entering the US

The proposed law would require U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to publish monthly “operational statistics” reports on the number of “foreign terrorist organizations” and cartel criminals entering America.

The reports would specifically inform Congress about the activities of suspected terrorists and cartel members apprehended by CBP, Luttrell said.

Since the start of fiscal year 2021, 294 illegal migrants on the terrorist watch list have been apprehended at the southern border. And that doesn’t include the unknown number of people who escaped arrest.

“Because of the Biden administration’s failed policies, dangerous cartels control our borders and profit from extensive human and drug trafficking,” Luttrell, R-Texas, told DailyMail.com exclusively.

“Fighting these deadly cartels starts with knowing exactly who is exploiting our border and entering our communities.”

The bill’s unveiling comes just hours before President Joe Biden’s trip to the Capitol to deliver his State of the Union address.

He has introduced several border security bills this year, including legislation that would require the Defense Department to draw up plans to “kill or capture” cartel members.

Joe Biden is expected to blame Republicans during his speech tonight for not voting on a $118 billion Senate-led bill to secure the border.

The CBP report would detail how many migrants listed in the FBI’s Terrorist Screening Database are released into the U.S. interior each month.

It would also require CBP author reports on recording “getaways”: migrants who enter the U.S. without being apprehended.

Data on individuals associated with antitrust organizations, whether they have attempted to enter the U.S., and whether these migrants have been released into the U.S. would also be made available to Congress as part of this report.

Luttrell has introduced a number of bills in Congress to address the influence of cartels along the U.S.-Mexico border.

In February, he introduced a bill to allow the National Guard to use lethal force against armed intruders.

The Defend Our Borders from Armed Invaders Act would authorize the National Guard to use lethal force against individuals with weapons crossing from Mexico into the U.S.

Over the past year, there have been several cases of migrants entering the US with weapons, with some brandishing rifles such as the AR-15.

The New Generation Cartel operates primarily from the Mexican state of Jalisco

Armed US Border Patrol agents are seen on the US side of the border wall

A human smuggler was filmed by a Texas Department of Safety drone near Eagle Pass

The bill allows National Guardsmen “to take such actions as may be necessary to repel persons attempting to enter the United States from Mexico who are carrying weapons, and for other purposes,” according to a copy of the text was shared with DailyMail.com.

Luttrell introduced another bill in February that would require the Defense Department to create antitrust plans to kill or capture them.

The Jalisco Cartel Neutralization Act, introduced by Luttrell along with Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., would require the Pentagon to submit plans to Congress on how to kill or capture the cartel’s top brass.

“The Jalisco Cartel, the most dangerous criminal organization in Mexico and the second most powerful drug cartel, must be identified and dismantled to protect the American people,” Luttrell told DailyMail.com in a statement at the time.

The Jalisco New Generation Cartel has become one of the most murderous drug smuggling gangs in Mexico over the past decade. The group is infamous for trafficking cocaine and methamphetamine into the US, as well as for their gruesome murders.

In August, the gang filmed the murder of five childhood friends who were beheaded for not joining the cartel. One of the young men was forced to behead his friend before he was later murdered. They were all between 19 and 22 years old.