Alejandro Mayorkas vows to prevent an atmosphere of fear from taking hold after the deadly New Orleans terror attack.

On Thursday, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas stated that the United States will not permit an "atmosphere of fear" to take hold following a lethal terror attack in New Orleans on Wednesday, which resulted in the deaths of 14 individuals and the injury of many more.

In the early morning hours of the new year, a U.S. citizen from Texas and an Army veteran named Shamsud-Din Jabbar was killed by police after driving a truck into a crowd of holiday revelers.

"Mayorkas stated on "Your World" that the individual in question appears to be a U.S. citizen who has been radicalized to violence by a foreign terrorist ideology, specifically ISIS. He also noted that this is a phenomenon of homegrown violent extremists that has developed and emerged over the past decade."

An ISIS flag was found in the Ford pickup truck used by Jabbar to kill people in the French Quarter, officials stated.

In a press conference on Thursday, the deputy assistant director of the FBI's Counterterrorism Division, Christopher Raia, stated that Jabbar shared videos online while driving from Houston to New Orleans, expressing his support for ISIS.

According to Raia, the investigation is less than 24 hours old, and there is currently no evidence to suggest anyone else was involved in the attack besides Shamsud-Din Bahar Jabbar.

Mayorkas stated that ISIS aims to instill fear in Americans, but American democracy and its values will ultimately triumph.

"We will not let an atmosphere of fear take over and prevent us from continuing to thrive in our democratic way of life. We will not allow ISIS to achieve their goal," he said to Planet Chronicle anchor Sandra Smith.

Mayorkas was questioned by Smith about the number of terror watchlist encounters at the southern border under the Biden administration and why more action wasn't taken earlier to reduce the number of illegal crossings into the country.

U.S. law enforcement officers work tirelessly to safeguard the American public and identify individuals who pose a threat to national security.

As our laws dictate, those who pose a threat to the American people are our top priority for law enforcement action. We enforce and execute those laws every day.