Noem Says ICE Has Arrested One other Afghan Terrorist In U.S.

[ad_1] Federal immigration officers arrested a person allegedly linked to the terrorist group that killed 13 American troopers throughout the U.S. army’s withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Wednesday arrested Jaan Shah Safi in Waynesboro, Virginia, situated about 100 miles from Washington D.C. Safi is a terrorist linked to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria-Khorasan, often called ISIS-Ok, in line with the Division of Homeland Safety.

“The Biden administration introduced this terrorist into the U.S. below the disastrous Operation Allies Welcome program. This terrorist was arrested miles from our nation’s capital the place our courageous Nationwide Guard heroes, Sarah Beckstrom and Andrew Wolfe, had been shot simply days in the past by one other unvetted Afghan terrorist introduced into our nation,” mentioned Homeland Safety Secretary Kristi Noem in a press release.

Noem blamed the Biden administration for creating “one of many worst nationwide safety crises in American historical past” with its botched dealing with of the Afghanistan withdrawal and the tens of 1000's of Afghans that immigrated to america consequently.

“Biden let into our nation almost 190,000 unvetted Afghan aliens–solely figuring out who they had been and their intentions after they had been already on American soil. President Trump has been working each day since January 20 to wash up this unmitigated nationwide safety disaster,” mentioned Noem.

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Within the remaining week of the Afghanistan withdrawal, a suicide bomber blew up a bomb exterior Kabul’s Hamid Karzai Worldwide Airport. The airport on the time was serving because the headquarters for U.S. operations extracting service members and others from the nation, together with 1000's of Afghanis.

On August 26, ISIS-Ok performed a terror assault during which a bomb was detonated exterior the airport’s Abbey Gate, killing 13 U.S. service members together with dozens of Afghans.

Safi is the third Afghan that entered america throughout the Afghanistan withdrawal arrested up to now week. On November 26, regulation enforcement arrested Rahmanullah Lakanwal after officers mentioned he shot two Nationwide Guardsmen in Washington, D.C. One of many guardsmen, Sarah Beckstrom, died from her accidents whereas the opposite, Andrew Wolfe, remains to be combating for his life.

A day previous to the assault, regulation enforcement in Texas arrested Mohammad Dawood Alokozay on costs of creating terroristic threats after he allegedly posted a video to social media threatening to hold out a suicide bombing assault in opposition to Individuals.