Jovokhir Attoev

Immigration

DHS identifies over 400 migrants brought to the U.S. by an ISIS-affiliated human smuggling network Over 150 have been arrested, but the whereabouts of over 50 remain unknown, officials said. ICE is looking to arrest them on immigration charges when they are found.

June 25, 2024 and   

(NBC) The Department of Homeland Security has identified over 400 immigrants from Central Asia and elsewhere who crossed into the U.S. in the past three years as “subjects of concern” because they were brought by an ISIS-affiliated human smuggling network, three U.S. officials […]

Immigration

8 suspected terrorists with possible ISIS ties arrested in New York, L.A. and Philadelphia, sources say The men from Tajikistan came to the U.S. through the southern border and their criminal [background] checks came back clean at the time they crossed, officials familiar with the matter said.

June 11, 2024 , , and   

(NBC) 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 […]

Immigration

Migrant with alleged ISIS ties was living in the U.S. for more than two years, officials say Jovokhir Attoev was released inside the U.S. in 2022. A year later, Uzbekistan put out a global notice that he was wanted for alleged ISIS ties. U.S. officials didn't arrest him until this year.

May 1, 2024   

(NBC) Immigration and Customs Enforcement recently arrested an Uzbek man in Baltimore with alleged ISIS ties after he had been living inside the United States for over two years, according to two U.S. officials. The man, 33-year-old Jovokhir Attoev, crossed the border […]