Federal officials believe Jordanian migrants caught trying to enter the United States passing through the northern border as terrorists, according to ICE Enforcement Removal Operations in Seattle.
Mohammed Hasan Abdellatif Albana, 41, was arrested near the northern border in Linden, Washington, the agency said in a press release Wednesday. It is unclear when or where he sneaked into the country.
US Immigration Officer Albana is listed as “Known or suspected terrorists,” the agency said.
Albana was returned to Jordan on November 15 after immigration proceedings. According to the agency report
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“ERO Seattle is committed to removing non-citizens who pose a risk to the national security of the United States. Our officers perform these removals dutifully as part of federal law enforcement efforts to protect Pacific Northwest communities,” said ERO Seattle Field Office Director Drew H. Bostock.
During the Biden administration Border Patrol agents have intercepted 300 migrants whose names appeared on a terrorism watch list crossing the country’s northern and southern borders. According to Customs and Border Patrol information
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“Under the Biden-Harris administration. Of the more than 250 illegal aliens on the terrorist watch list. “At least 99 people encountered by Border Patrol agents on the southwest border between fiscal years 2021 and 2023 were released into the American community by DHS, with at least 34 others in DHS custody but not yet removed from the United States,” the report states. of Republicans regarding the House Judiciary Committee This is a copy first obtained by Fox News, Digital said.
The officials’ interim report also found that immigration judges granted bonds to at least 27 migrants on watch lists who entered illegally. And Border Patrol has encountered tens of thousands of immigrants from countries that may pose a national security risk. This included 2,134 Afghans, 33,347 Chinese, 541 Iranian nationals, 520 Syrians and 3,104 Uzbeks.
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“That does not include the potentially unknown number of terrorists. who elude Border Patrol agents to enter the United States It is part of the nearly 2 million ‘flights’ since the start of the Biden-Harris administration,” the report said.
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The report, which is based on information provided to committee officials in June, Border Patrol Police also encountered migrants on terror watchlists from 36 countries, including places where terrorism has occurred. Those countries include Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon, Pakistan, Somalia, Syria, Tajikistan and Yemen.
Fox News Digital’s Adam Shaw contributed to this report.
