James Myers of OAN
2:42 PM – Friday, April 12, 2024
An Afghan national on the U.S. terrorist watch list was taken into custody again on Friday after being captured at the U.S.-Mexico border and released twice into U.S. territory, the Department of Homeland Security said.
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Mohamed Karwin is a member of Hizb Islam, a group involved in attacks in Afghanistan that killed at least nine U.S. soldiers and civilians from 2013 to 2015, according to the terrorist watch list. It is shown. NBC.
Customs and Border Protection agents arrested and released Mr. Kerwin after he illegally entered the United States near San Ysidro, California, in March 2023, despite suspicions that he was on the FBI’s terrorist watch list. .
Nearly a year later, in February 2024, the FBI notified ICE that Kerwin was a suspected member of the designated foreign terrorist organization Hizb-e-Islam (HIG).
HIG, which operates in Afghanistan and Pakistan, is described by the National Counterterrorism Center as a “virulently anti-Western insurgent group” known for killing several U.S. soldiers and U.S. contractors.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement was notified, and ICE arrested him in San Antonio in February.
During a court appearance two weeks ago, Homeland Security prosecutors failed to tell a federal immigration judge that Kerwin was on a terrorist watch list or that he posed a potential national threat. He simply claimed he was a flight risk.
A judge ordered him released on bail, multiple sources said.
Meanwhile, Kerwin has been remanded in custody and is scheduled to appear in court in 2025.
according to fox newslate Thursday night: “Law enforcement is closely following this case due to the public safety risk.” “The individual is currently in U.S. custody.”
“DHS takes seriously its responsibility to ensure that individuals entering our country do not threaten our national security. When an individual poses a threat to national security or public safety, we deny entry to that person. , detain, deport, or refer to other federal agencies for further review, investigation, and/or prosecution as appropriate,” a DHS spokesperson said. “Scrutiny is a point-in-time check that evaluates the information available to the U.S. government at that time. An individual entering the country is associated with information that indicates a potential national security or public safety concern. If later identified, DHS and our federal partners have procedures in place to investigate and take appropriate action.”
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