SEE IT: Dem senator downplays security threat of illegal immigration after alleged White House terror plot

A longtime Senate Democrat declined to directly condemn illegal immigration as a national security threat after it was revealed the terror plot to ambush the UFC White House event Sunday night was schemed by an immigrant from Mexico.

Abraham Alvarez is an illegal immigrant from Mexico who overstayed his visa, according to Homeland Security information first obtained by Fox News Digital. He was identified as the alleged "ringleader" of a network of 23 individuals who planned to carry out...