Headline Roundup • June 12th, 2024
ICE Arrests 8 Suspects With Ties to ISIS
Summary from the AllSides News Team
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has arrested eight migrants with suspected ties to ISIS.
Key Details: The migrants from Tajikistan were arrested after an investigation was carried out in Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and New York City. They are now in federal custody, and efforts are reportedly underway to deport them.
Key Quote: “Over the last few days, ICE agents arrested several non-citizens pursuant to immigration authorities," the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI said in a joint statement. "The actions were carried out in close coordination with the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Forces. The individuals arrested are detained in ICE custody pending removal proceedings.”
For Context: The suspects crossed into the U.S. from the southern Mexico border in 2023. No security issues were uncovered when the men were vetted.
How the Media Covered it: ABC 6 (Center bias) noted that news of the arrests came days after FBI Director Christopher Wray warned members of a congressional committee about heightened terror threats from both foreign and domestic actors.
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ABC 6
Eight individuals with suspected ties to ISIS were arrested after an investigation was carried out in Philadelphia, Los Angeles and New York City, according to ABC News sources. They remain in federal custody.
The suspects were reportedly from Tajikistan and crossed into the United States from the southern Mexico border in 2023.
ABC News has learned the suspects were initially allowed to enter the U.S. after being vetted and no national security issues were uncovered.
But sources say in recent weeks, authorities uncovered information indicating ties or affiliation with ISIS.
At least some...
Eight men from Tajikistan with potential ties to ISIS out of central Asia were arrested over the weekend in New York, Philadelphia and Los Angeles, three people familiar with the matter told NBC News on Tuesday.
The suspects had been on the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force radar and were arrested by personnel with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, better known as ICE, the sources say.
All eight men crossed through the southern border into the U.S., and their criminal backgrounds checks came back clean when they crossed, say two officials...
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