{"id":2283384,"date":"2024-06-25T15:46:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-25T19:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/1500-illegals-from-isis-recruiting-ground-country-entered-u-s\/"},"modified":"2024-06-25T15:50:50","modified_gmt":"2024-06-25T19:50:50","slug":"1500-illegals-from-isis-recruiting-ground-country-entered-u-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/1500-illegals-from-isis-recruiting-ground-country-entered-u-s\/","title":{"rendered":"1,500 Illegals From ISIS &#8216;Recruiting Ground&#8217; Country Entered U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2F1500-illegals-from-isis-recruiting-ground-country-entered-u-s%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2283384&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses a significant increase in migrants from \u2063Tajikistan crossing\u200c the \u200bU.S. \u2062southern \u2064border \u2062during President \u200cBiden&#8217;s administration,\u2063 particularly noting\u2063 the country&#8217;s \u200dties \u2062to ISIS.\u200d Over 1,500 Tajiks have been \u200bapprehended from October 2020 to May 2024, a drastic\u200b rise compared to the 26 caught in the previous 14 years. In 2024 alone, at least 500 Tajik nationals have been detained, many of whom claimed \u2064asylum. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/illegal-immigrant-detained-as-person-of-interest-in-rape-of-13-year-old-girl-at-park\/\" title=\"Undocumented Immigrant Held as Suspect in Assault of Teen at Park\">article highlights concerns<\/a> over the \u200bU.S. \u2064Border Protection&#8217;s limited\u2062 capability to thoroughly vet and screen these individuals. \u200dThis situation has intensified after the\u2062 arrest of \u200ceight Tajiks with alleged ISIS \u200dconnections in major U.S. cities. The\u2062 increase in \u200ccrossings \u200band the\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/foreign-adversary-systems-classified-report-from-u-s-military-shines-more-light-on-ufos\/\" title=\"\u2018Foreign Adversary Systems\u2019: Classified Report From U.S. Military Shines More Light On UFOs\">potential threats posed<\/a> by individuals\u2063 with \u200dterrorist\u200b ties \u2063have raised alarms at the national \u200dsecurity level, with officials\u200b and lawmakers expressing urgent concerns \u200cover the potential risks.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Hundreds of migrants from Tajikistan, a country known for being an ISIS breeding ground, have crossed the southern border in never-before-seen numbers under President Biden\u2019s administration. <\/p>\n<p>More than 1,500 Tajiks have been apprehended between October 2020 and May 2024, a stark increase from the previous 14 years, during which only 26 Tajikistan nationals were caught. At least 500 Tajiks have been caught in 2024 alone, with most claiming asylum, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/06\/20\/us-news\/migrants-from-isis-hotbed-tajikistan-have-surged-under-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">New York Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The article by the Post\u2019s Jennie Taer follows <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/06\/11\/us\/tajik-nationals-arrested-terror-ties-probe\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">multiple reports<\/a> that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement<strong> <\/strong>arrested eight Tajikistan nationals with connections to ISIS in three major U.S. cities.<\/p>\n<p>The House Homeland Security Committee<strong> <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/homeland.house.gov\/2024\/06\/12\/chairman-green-on-arrest-of-alleged-inadmissible-aliens-with-suspected-isis-ties-how-much-longer-will-we-let-this-madness-continue\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">attributed the rise in ISIS-connected crossings<\/a> due to \u201cCustom and Border Protection\u2019s \u2026 limited ability to fully vet and screen those crossing\u201d into the United States. Officials have since then expelled the individuals from the country.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utterly-breathtaking-yahoo-news-reporter-compares-covering-trump-to-fighting-d-day\/\" title=\"\u2018Utterly Breathtaking\u2019: Yahoo News Reporter Compares Covering Trump To Fighting D-Day\">recent article<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foreignaffairs.com\/tajikistan\/new-recruiting-ground-isis?check_logged_in=1&#038;utm_medium=promo_email&#038;utm_source=lo_flows&#038;utm_campaign=article_link&#038;utm_term=article_email&#038;utm_content=20240620\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Foreign Affairs<\/a> labeled Tajikistan \u201ca fertile recruiting ground\u201d for ISIS-K, a regional branch of the Islamic State, citing the nation\u2019s \u201cpoverty, a lack of social opportunities, and petty criminalization.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s only a matter of time before one of these individuals connected to a terrorist group is involved in something devastating on U.S. soil, and this administration will be responsible,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/homeland.house.gov\/2024\/06\/12\/chairman-green-on-arrest-of-alleged-inadmissible-aliens-with-suspected-isis-ties-how-much-longer-will-we-let-this-madness-continue\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mark Green, R-Tenn. <\/p>\n<p>The most recent border encounter total reached 170,723 individuals in May alone, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbp.gov\/newsroom\/stats\/southwest-land-border-encounters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">U.S. Customs and Border Protection<\/a>. Of those, nearly 100,000 are single adults.<\/p>\n<p>The majority of these illegal border crossers claim asylum and <a href=\"https:\/\/judiciary.house.gov\/sites\/evo-subsites\/republicans-judiciary.house.gov\/files\/evo-media-document\/2024-01-18-new-data-reveal-worsening-magnitude-of-the-biden-border-crisis-and-lack-of-interior-immigration-enforcement.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">are released<\/a> into the United States while they await their court hearings. According to Fox News\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BillMelugin_\/status\/1802698966880100451\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bill Mellugin<\/a>, \u201cICE\u2019s non-detained docket has exploded to 7.4 million cases,\u201d dooming each ICE officer<strong> <\/strong>\u201cto manage an average of 7,000 cases each.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>ICE\u2019s non-detained docket is made up of migrants who have crossed the border illegally, have been released, and are waiting on their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-joe-bidens-border-compassion-got-us-funerals-and-fentanyl\/\" title=\"Biden's border 'compassion' led to funerals and fentanyl.\">immigration court dates<\/a>. It is worth noting this number does not include the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BillMelugin_\/status\/1802698966880100451\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">1.9 million<\/a> \u201cgotaways,\u201d a number that is likely heavily underestimated,<strong> <\/strong>who have entered the United States since Biden took office. <\/p>\n<p>An inspector general <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/06\/17\/under-biden-admin-border-patrol-officers-pressured-to-allow-border-crossing-without-vetting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">report<\/a> earlier this month revealed border patrol was pressured into vetting only drivers at legal ports of entry. FBI Director Christopher Wray has <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/06\/19\/us-news\/threat-of-major-terror-attack-in-places-like-new-york-city-dangerously-high-experts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sounded the alarm<\/a> on a potential terrorist attack on U.S. soil given the unvetted number of migrants crossing the southern border, specifically from crisis-ridden nations in the Middle East.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Arianna Villarreal is a summer intern at The Federalist.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Under President Biden, over 1,500 Tajik migrants, from a region notorious for ISIS activity, have been detained at the southern border from October 2020 to May 2024. This marks a significant rise compared to the 26 apprehensions of Tajik nationals in the prior 14 years<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3178,"featured_media":2283385,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Screenshot-2024-06-25-at-12.07.32%E2%80%AFAM.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[6325,3937,32677],"class_list":["post-2283384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","tag-illegals","tag-isis","tag-recruiting-ground"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Screenshot-2024-06-25-at-12.07.32%E2%80%AFAM.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2283384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3178"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2283384"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2283384\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2283385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2283384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2283384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2283384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}