Earlier this month, a Jordanian migrant was arrested trying to cross the northern border illegally, and federal authorities believe he is a terrorist.
Mohammad Hassan Abdellatif Albana, 41, was deported from the United States on November 15th. Border Patrol agents caught him near the northern border. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said Wednesday that he was arrested as he entered the country in Linden, Washington.
It is unclear when and where Albana snuck in.
Drew H. Bostock, director of ICE's Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) in the Seattle field office, said the agency is “committed to removing noncitizens who pose a risk to the national security of the United States.”
“Our officers faithfully carry out these removals as part of federal law enforcement efforts to protect communities in the Pacific Northwest,” Bostock said.
Under the Biden administration, the number of terrorism-related migrants apprehended by federal border authorities has reached record levels.
Border Patrol agents arrested 300 immigrants whose names were on terrorist watch lists for illegally crossing the North-South border during that period. According to federal data.
In August, Border Patrol agents arrested Omar Shehada, a 35-year-old Palestinian man on a terrorist watch list for using “explosives/weapons” on behalf of an unnamed terrorist organization, at the New Mexico border. was arrested.
Just a month ago, Border Patrol agents near San Diego captured three Palestinian immigrants and a Turkish immigrant, all suspected terrorists with ties to an unnamed terrorist organization, according to a leaked memo previously obtained by The Post. It was determined that it was.
Border Patrol officials told the Post that Border Patrol is intentionally letting bad people into the country because of the overwhelming influx of illegal immigrants and not enough time to vet them.
Some, like the eight Tajikistan nationals arrested in a multi-state sting earlier this year, were mistakenly released into the United States by federal authorities after bypassing federal vetting procedures, and federal authorities continue to investigate the group's We are continuing to pursue additional members.
The group is suspected of having ties to ISIS and is said to be planning to attack LGBTQ people in Philadelphia, officials said.
