Biden Admin freed 729 Iranian nationals in the midst of terrorist concerns
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Over 1,500 Iranian nationals Who illegally entered the United States on the southern border was arrested during the Biden administration, and almost 50% of them were released in the country, according to a senior source of American customs and border protection (CBP).
More precisely, Border patrol The agents arrested 1,504 Iranian nationals for the year 2021 during the year 2024. Of the 1,504 people arrested, 729 were released in the United States
The number of Iranian nationals arrested on the southern border increased from one year to the next, of which 48 being arrested during fiscal year 21; 197 in exercise 22; 462 in FY23 and 797 in FY24.
Likewise, the number of released Iranian nationals also increased, with 12 in FY21; 40 in Fy22; 229 in FY23; and 448 in Fy24.
Border patrol agents arrested 1,504 Iranian nationals on the southern border under the Biden administration and released 729 of those arrested in the United States (Nicolo Filippo Rosso / Bloomberg via Getty Images)
It is not known how many Iranians released in the United States were on the terrorist surveillance list, because the Biden administration has repeatedly refused requests and calls for the Fox News freedom of information for data. The Biden administration cited the “confidentiality problems” of people on the list, as well as “a minimum public interest” to refuse requests.
However, there were more than 2 million gutins known at the border during the Biden administration, and because they were never captured, there is no way to know where individuals came from.
All Iranians are considered “foreign interests” due to national security problems. Therefore, they are supposed to receive an improved verification of the Department of Internal Security (DHS).
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More than 1,500 Iranian nationals were arrested by the border patrol on the southern border under the Biden administration, and almost half of them were released in the United States (John Moore / Getty Images)
The news occurs while US officials sound the alarm concerning the threat of dormant cells supported by terrorism in the country only a few hours after President Donald Trump ordered successful strikes on the main nuclear installations in Iran.
A few hours after Trump approached the nation about military strikes, the DHS published a memo alarm sounds to an “increased threat environment” in the United States
Although the bulletin did not mention any specific threat, it came while Iranian officials promised reprisals against the United States
The apprehensions of the southern border plunge more than 90% of it is April, the CBP says
The border patrol of President Biden released 729 Iranian nationals in the United States during his presidency, from 2021-2024. (AP photo / manual Balce Ceneta and Fox News)
The bulletin indicates that the police in the United States to disrupt “the potentially potentially fatal conspiracies of Iran” since 2020, while noting the unsuccessful attempts of the Iranian government to target criticism of its regime.
The opinion comes after Trump ordered military strikes on Iran’s main nuclear installations in what officials call “Operation Midnight Hammer”, which prompted the police to be very alert concerning the threat of foreign opponents leading an attack on American soil, with thousands of Iranian nationals previously crossing the border.
“Due to the open borders, we are in a serious catch -up phase,” said former deputy director of the FBI, Chris Swecker, in Fox News Digital. “We do not know where these thousand Iranians are located and who knows how many others have crossed the border. We have missed an opportunity when they caught and released these thousand. We have missed the opportunity to gather information by interviewing and verifying them completely. We simply let them leave, which is serious negligence on the part of the Biden administration.”
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The possibility of foreign cells carrying out a domestic terrorist conspiracy was pushed under national spotlights last year after the federal prosecutors announced that a member of the Iranian Islamic Revolution body and two American nationals had been arrested for allegedly plotting the murder of Trump, elected elected and an American citizen, criticizing the Iranian regime.
Julia Bonavita from Fox News Digital, Danielle Wallace and Ashley Papa contributed to this report.
