ICE arrests dozens of Iranian nationals across US amid sleeper cell concerns

PARTICULAR Immigration and Customs Enforcement ICE arrested Iranian nationals throughout the United States in the last week and Iranian nationals are in ICE detention as the Trump administration continues to increase arrests of Iranian nationals in the country illegally amid safety concerns Multiple federal sources proven the numbers as administration functionaries and national defense experts have warned about the workable hazard of sleeper cells being activated as well as those who may be inspired to retaliate domestically after the U S strikes on Iran s nuclear operation sites The presence in this country of undocumented expatriates or Iranian nationals who have links to Hezbollah IRGC is in my judgment a domestic law enforcement concern of the highest magnitude former Obama-era Homeland Protection Secretary Jeh Johnson stated on Fox Friends OBAMA'S FORMER DHS SECRETARY SOUNDS ALARM ON IRANIAN SLEEPER CELLS CALLS IT CONCERN OF 'HIGHEST MAGNITUDE'The boundary situation under the Biden administration which resulted in millions of people entering the country illegally also underscored the concerns We don't know who they are where they came from why they're here dividing line czar Tom Homan disclosed last week This is the biggest national shield vulnerability we ve ever seen Meanwhile former acting ICE Director Jonathan Fahey declared it definitely made things worse MORE IRANIANS WITH CRIMINAL HISTORIES ARRESTED BY ICE IN TRUMP'S PREVENTION SWEEP 'WORST OF THE WORST' I think one thing that's really concerning about that One they weren't doing any really meaningful vetting in the last administration Fahey explained The second part of it is you know we have ostensibly million known gotaways come through the last administration and the people that went through the non-ports of entry we knew they went through but nobody caught them so we have no idea who went through he continued CLICK HERE FOR MORE IMMIGRATION COVERAGEICE sources confirm that selected of those arrested have criminal histories including charges related to drugs weapons and domestic violence HOSPITALS IN SANCTUARY CITIES COULD BE MAJORITY OF VULNERABLE TO IRAN TERROR ATTACKS WARNS EXPERTAt least one had served as a sniper in the Iranian military within the last four years During the Biden administration alone roughly half of the Iranian nationals circulated into the U S were issued into the interior A current Supreme Court ruling allowing deportations to third-party countries even where diplomatic relations are limited could lead to detainees being sent to nations other than Iran This ruling was triggered by a flight that headed toward South Sudan with illegal immigrants who had serious criminal convictions but it was thwarted by a federal judge in Boston and the legal debate is still ongoing