US Customs confirms 4th Iranian ‘special interest alien’ apprehended this month in Eagle Pass, Texas CBP agents see increase in 'special interest aliens' crossing into the US at the southern border

(Fox) U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) says four Iranians have been apprehended in Texas since the beginning of the month, adding that they are considered “special interest aliens.”

CBP sources told Fox News that one Iranian man in his 40s was taken into custody on Sunday morning in Eagle Pass, Texas, after crossing the southern border at about 3 a.m.

The source added that the Iranian gave himself up to border protection agents after making the illegal crossing.

The man along with the other three Iranians are considered “special interest aliens” because they are from countries identified by the U.S. government as having conditions that promote or protect terrorism or potentially pose some sort of national security threat to the U.S.

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