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Feds ID 400 migrants smuggled into US by ISIS-affiliated network —with the whereabouts of 50 unknown |
2024-06-28 |
[NYPOST] The Department of Homeland Security has identified over 400 More than 150 of the "In this case, it was the information that suggested a potential tie to ISIS because of some of the individuals involved in [smuggling The official noted that since ICE started arresting Many of the over 400 While the agency did not have information raising concerns at the time the As a result, the Department of Homeland Security has been monitoring One of those hotbed locations, Tajikistan, had over 1,500 It’s unknown how many of the Tajik ISIS-K was responsible for a massive attack on a concert hall in Moscow — carried out by citizens of Tajikistan — that killed 145 people and maimed hundreds more on March 22. "The fact that the whereabouts were unknown is clearly alarming," former FBI counterterrorism section chief Christopher O’Leary told NBC. According to O’Leary, ICE is likely looking to arrest these people even if there’s no evidence they are plotting a terrorist attack. "I believe the [U.S.] is scrambling to locate these individuals, and using the immigration charges is not uncommon," O’Leary said. "They are in violation of that law. And if you need to take somebody off the street, that’s a good approach to do it." Federal law enforcement agencies are "not panicking" about the group of people, but they have been identified as "subjects of concern," and are prioritizing them for arrest out an an abundance of caution, two of the officials noted. Some of the 150 While some of those detained or deported have been charged with immigration violations, none have been charged with terrorism-related offenses. |
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