Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has arrested a Middle Eastern immigrant suspected of ties to terrorism in the first week of President Donald Trump’s mass deportation operation.
Hundreds of ICE arrests since President Trump took office last Monday include a Jordanian with ties to the Islamic State (ISIS) and a Turkish national “known or suspected of being a terrorist.” The government has announced that white house and ice comment. This is according to the Biden administration’s border officials. encountered At least 382 illegal immigrants were placed on terror watchlists, and at least 99 were released into the country, including members of al-Shabaab who had wandered the country for 10 months.
“Under the leadership of President Trump, @ICEgov Our agents are working tirelessly to protect our communities,” the White House said on Sunday’s X-Post, referring to an unnamed “Jordanian with suspected ties to ISIS” who was arrested the day before. said. The terrorist suspect from Türkiye, 30-year-old Gokhan Adrigzel, has not appeared yet. ICE Detention Database.
Making America Safe Again: Jordanian with Suspected ISIS Connections Arrested in Ice Buffalo/Rouse Point on January 24, 2025. pic.twitter.com/l0s98JDjYa
— White House (@WhiteHouse) January 26, 2025
ICE’s media office and its field office in Buffalo, New York, which arrested the Jordanians, did not immediately respond to inquiries from the Daily Caller News Foundation.
ICE made 956 arrests on Sunday, more than triple the number of arrests per day under the Biden administration. President Trump’s immigration authorities have arrested more than 2,000 people since taking office. (Related: Daily ICE arrests under Trump already exceed numbers under Biden)
Department of Homeland Security Homeland Threat Assessment for 2025 warned In October, he said, “Individuals with ties to terrorism will continue to seek to take advantage of immigration flows and the complex border security environment to enter the United States.” Authorities warned a year ago that Islamist groups inspired by the Israel-Hamas war could send operatives across the border and later capture Hezbollah members who tried to cross.
Furthermore, experts sounded the alarm Regarding potential ISIS revival The incident occurred around the world when an American citizen and military veteran crashed into a truck during a New Year’s parade in New Orleans, killing 15 people before police shot him dead. The FBI found an ISIS flag and explosives in his car.
Illegal immigration is exacerbating the problem, as news broke last June that DHS had identified more than 400 immigrants who entered the United States through ISIS-related smuggling networks. The agency announced in late October that it had deported some Tajik nationals associated with ISIS identified over the summer, but did not say how many.
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