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Exclusive: Immigration and customs benefit (ICE) arrested 130 Iranian citizens across the United States last week, and 670 Iranian citizens in detention of ice, as the Trump administration continues to increase the arrest of Iranian citizens in the country illegally amid security concerns.
Multi -numbers federal sources have confirmed, as administration officials and national security experts warned of the potential risks to activate sleeping cells, as well as those who may be an inspiration for revenge locally after the American strikes on nuclear programs in Iran.
The former National Security Minister during the Obama era said: “The presence of this country is uncomfortable immigrants or Iranian nationals who have links to Hezbollah, IRGC, in my opinion, a source of concern for law enforcement from the highest size.”
Map from the United States strikes on Iran. (Fox News)
The border crisis also confirmed the Biden administration, which led to the entry of millions of people who enter the country illegally.
“We do not know who they are, where did they come from, why are they here?”, Caesar borders Tom Human He said last week. “This is the largest national security vulnerability we have ever seen.”
Meanwhile, Jonathan Fahi, the former Acting Ice Director, said, “Certainly” said things worse.
Other federal law enforcement agencies, along with other federal law enforcement agencies, attend a pre -enforcement of pre -forces in Chicago on Sunday, January 26, 2025. (Christopher Deltz/Bloomberg via Getti Emaiz)
Fahi said: “I think there is one thing really related to that: one, they did not do any really meaningful examination in the last management,” Fahi said.
“The second part of that is, as you know, we most likely have two million Gotawis with the recent administration, and people who passed without the ports, we knew that they had passed but no one had ever, so we have no idea who passed.”
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Sources of ice confirm that some of the detainees have a criminal history, including drugs related to drugs, weapons and domestic violence.
Defense Minister Beit Higseth takes a question from a correspondent during a Pentagon press conference on June 22, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia. (Getty Images)
One of them has been a sniper in the Iranian army in the past four years. During the Biden administration alone, nearly half 1500 Iranian citizens He was released in the United States at home.
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accident Supreme Court ruling Allowing the deportation to third-party countries-even when diplomatic relations are limited-may lead to detainees to countries other than Iran. This ruling has faded through a journey heading towards southern Sudan with illegal immigrants with dangerous criminal condemnation, but was frustrated by a federal judge in Boston, and the legal debate is still ongoing.
Fox News Madison Colombo contributed to this report.
