(Daily Caller) Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrested a suspected Al-Qaida member residing in a city notorious for refusing to cooperate with federal immigration authorities.
Authorities apprehended a Tajikistan-born Russian national in the early morning hours of May 23 in Philadelphia, according to ICE. The individual — who the agency has not yet identified — illegally crossed into the U.S. in 2023 and was eventually released into the country by the Biden administration before his alleged connections to terrorism were known.
“Arresting individuals linked to terrorist organizations such as Al-Qaida reaffirms our unwavering commitment to safeguard the homeland,” Enforcement and Removal Operations Philadelphia Acting Field Office Director Brian McShane said in a prepared statement.
