(AP) An Iraqi man behind bars following his arrest on a charge of plotting to assassinate former President George W. Bush has waived his right to a detention hearing and will remain behind bars for now, according to a court document filed […]
(Forbes) An Iraqi man in the U.S. accused of being linked to ISIS operatives was plotting to kill George W. Bush, going so far as to travel to Dallas in November to take video around the former president’s home and recruiting a […]
(Fox) Republican Rep. Jim Jordan was cut off and left seemingly stunned while grilling Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on whether 42 illegal immigrants on the terror watch list have been released into the United States. “Forty-two illegal immigrants were encountered at […]
(Washington Examiner) Forty-two people on the U.S. government’s terror watch list have been arrested attempting to enter the United States illegally since President Joe Biden took office, according to federal data obtained by the Washington Examiner. The 42 arrests happened across the […]
(Fox) The White House on Monday said encounters with suspected terrorists at the U.S. southern border are “uncommon,” after 23 individuals on the terror watchlist were apprehended in 2021. Fox News first reported on Monday that U.S. Border Patrol apprehended at least […]
(Fox) Border Patrol apprehended at least 23 people coming across the southern border whose names are on the terror watchlist in 2021, according to Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data obtained by Fox News. Between Jan. 20 and Dec. 27, 2021, there […]
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(Fox) A tweet by a top Border Patrol official identifying a “potential terrorist” captured at the U.S.-Mexico border has now been deleted, with Customs and Border Protection (CBP) saying it was deleted because it contained “law enforcement sensitive information” and violated protocols. […]
(Arab News) The Saudi Arabian embassy in the United States has denied in a post on Twitter that a “potential terrorist” recently arrested by US authorities is a Saudi citizen. This comes after American authorities falsely claimed that a suspect arrested in […]
(Fox) A “potential terrorist” with links to a number of “Yemeni subjects of interest” was captured in Arizona late last week after illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, U.S. Border Patrol officials announced Monday. The 21-year-old man was apprehended Thursday night entering the […]
(Jerusalem Post) After the outrage following remarks by CAIR San Francisco executive director Zahra Billoo — who said that Jewish Zionist organizations are “enemies” who are part of a conspiracy behind [Islamophobia] — the Council on American-Islamic Relations came out in support […]
(VOA) Fears the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan could reinvigorate terror groups like al-Qaida and Islamic State, and lead to a surge of attempted infiltrations along the southern U.S. border have not been realized, a top counterterrorism official said, dismissing claims to the […]
(AP) Most people in the U.S. want to see Afghans who worked with Americans offered resettlement in the United States, a new poll shows, confirming support across political divides for former military translators and others struggling to escape Taliban rule. The survey […]
(Hill) The Biden administration is on track to resettle the lowest number of refugees in the history of the program despite big promises it would revamp a system decimated under former President Trump. The administration had resettled 7,637 refugees by the end […]
(Free Beacon) A Republican lawmaker is demanding the Department of Homeland Security address reports that some Afghan asylum seekers are on terror watchlists and have been accused of sexual assault, according to a letter obtained by the Washington Free Beacon. “According to […]
(Free Beacon) The Taliban’s release of prisoners throughout Afghanistan poses a security threat on the U.S.-Mexico border, according to senior Department of Homeland Security officials and national security experts. The Taliban freed thousands of prisoners, many of whom either worked directly with […]
(Washington Examiner) Unprecedented numbers of known or suspected terrorists have crossed the southern border in recent months, the outgoing Border Patrol chief said. The head of the Border Patrol, Rodney Scott, told his 19,000 agents before retiring on Aug. 14 that their […]
(Politico) The number of migrants crossing into Lithuania from Belarus could top 10,000 by the end of the summer, Lithuania’s foreign minister warned as he urged the EU to “step up” actions to stop the arrivals. Gabrielius Landsbergis told POLITICO’s Brussels Playbook […]
(AP) As the world begins to travel again, Europe is sending migrants a loud message: Stay away! Greek border police are firing bursts of deafening noise from an armored truck over the frontier into Turkey. Mounted on the vehicle, the long-range acoustic […]
(AP) President Joe Biden, under political pressure, agreed to admit four times as many refugees this budget year as his predecessor did, but resettlement agencies concede the number actually allowed into the U.S. will be closer to the record-low cap of 15,000 […]
(Hill) The White House on Monday lifted the refugee cap to 62,500, ending a dizzying policy reversal by sticking with President Biden’s original plan to dramatically increase from Trump-era levels the number of refugees who can be admitted into the U.S. “Today, […]
(AP) An email brought Faeza Satouf’s world to a standstill. The 25-year-old Syrian refugee had fled the civil war with her family in an all-too-familiar journey across the sea to Europe, where they finally arrived in Denmark and were granted asylum in […]
(Hill) The House passed legislation on Wednesday that would limit executive authority to issue future travel bans like the one imposed by former President Trump against several Muslim-majority countries. Lawmakers passed the bill along party lines, 218-208, with only one Republican joining […]
(Hill) The White House Friday reversed course on refugee admissions, after an earlier announcement maintaining a controversial Trump-era refugee cap was met with disdain by Democrats and immigration activists. Following a day of blowback from Democrats, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki […]
(Hill) President Biden on Friday signed an order speeding refugee admissions but maintaining fiscal 2021 admissions at 15,000, a cap set by the Trump administration and a number far below the 62,500 figure proposed to Congress earlier this year. The order would […]
(Hill) A group of House Democrats, led by Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), wrote to President Biden on Friday calling for him to formally raise the refugee cap to 62,500 after he has delayed the increase for weeks. “Having fought for four years […]
(Hill) Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Thursday nudged President Biden to increase the number of refugees being accepted into the country, saying the United States has a moral responsibility to welcome those foreigners facing harm at home. “We have a moral responsibility […]
(Hill) House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) is asking the FBI and CIA for a classified briefing with other top lawmakers following reports that two people on the … FBI’s terror watchlist were apprehended after crossing the southern border with Mexico. “This […]
(Reuters) U.S. border agents in recent months arrested two Yemeni men on a terror watchlist in separate incidents as they crossed the border with Mexico illegally, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced on Monday. The men, arrested in January and March near […]
(VOA) U.S. homeland security officials are pushing back against claims that known and suspected terrorists are trying to sneak into the country from Mexico, calling such incidents “very uncommon.” Republican lawmakers have been sounding alarms about what they say is a growing […]
(Axios) The Customs and Border Protection agency confirmed to Congress today that four people arrested at the southern border since Oct. 1 match names on the FBI’s Terrorist Screening Database, a congressional aide briefed on the correspondence told Axios. Why it matters: […]
(Morning Consult) President Joe Biden’s first weeks in office have been marked by a customary series of executive actions that voters have largely embraced, with one notable exception: last week’s move to greatly expand the number of refugees allowed into the country. […]
(Hill) President-elect Joe Biden plans to reverse a number of immigration actions taken by the Trump administration on his first day in office, including immediately pausing construction of the border wall and putting a stop to the so-called Muslim travel ban. After […]
(JNS) ViacomCBS is scheduled to host this month former Women’s March leader Linda Sarsour, who is known for her support of the anti-Israel BDS movement and has been accused of spreading anti-Semitism. “Join us 3/11 at 4:30 pm EST for a conversation […]
(JNS) Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) is scheduled to address the annual gala on Saturday as the guest of honor for the Missouri chapter of American Muslims for Palestine (AMP). Tlaib was the keynote speaker at AMP’s annual national conference in November 2019, […]
(Hill) The Trump administration is expected to formally announce the addition of several countries to its travel ban next week, prompting questions about its timing and the rationale for which nations will be added to the list. President Trump told reporters in […]
(FrontPage) Following the founding of Hamas in 1987, the Muslim Brotherhood set up worldwide committees to assist the newly formed terrorist group. In the US, it was called the Palestine Committee, and by the end of 1994, it would consist of four […]
(Brussels Times) A Belgian imam known for advocating a form of “rational Islam” found out he was barred from flying over US territory after being denied boarding on his flight to Mexico. Ghent-based Khalid Benhaddou was at Zaventem airport when a check-in […]
(Free Beacon) Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D., Mich.) was the keynote speaker at a conference hosted by a Muslim organization that traffics in anti-Semitic conspiracy theories and that counts among its supporters many who seek Israel’s destruction. Tlaib headlined the American Muslims for […]
(IPT) The first thing Linda Sarsour likes to say in her speeches is that she is unapologetic. Unapologetically Palestinian. Unapologetically in favor of a boycott against the world’s lone Jewish state. Unapologetically for a “one state solution” to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and […]
(Free Beacon) Anti-Israel activist Linda Sarsour linked Israel to white supremacy while speaking at a pro-Palestinian conference on Friday. “Ask them this: How can you be against white supremacy in the United States of America and the idea of living in a […]
(JTA) Last month, Bernie Sanders wrote about his support for Israel, calling the nation an “enormous achievement” and “a democratic homeland for the Jewish people.” A few weeks later Linda Sarsour, a prominent Arab-American activist and an official Sanders campaign surrogate, said […]
(Middle East Eye) Activists and academics gathered in Chicago over the weekend for the 12th annual American Muslims for Palestine (AMP) convention, calling on American Muslims and the Democratic Party to prioritise Palestine as a foreign policy issue. Those present at the […]
(Religion News) Imam Omar Suleiman led a binational prayer Sunday (Oct. 27) at Friendship Park, a historic meeting place on the U.S.-Mexico border that overlooks the Pacific Ocean between San Diego and Tijuana. Participants believe it was the first time a formal […]
(Oregonian) A federal appeals court panel has upheld the government’s placement of four people on the no-fly list, finding the basis for the decision “reasonably clear” and not vague as challenged. One or more of the four plaintiffs allegedly financed terrorists, trained […]
(Hill) The Trump administration on Thursday proposed slashing refugee admissions to 18,000 for fiscal year 2020, marking a record low total since the program began in 1980. The Trump administration last year set the refugee cap at 30,000. The administration has made […]
(Breitbart) No mention of radical Islam was made by any senators during Monday’s Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing — uniquely held at the National 9/11 Memorial & Museum in New York City, NY — days before the 18th anniversary of the Islamic […]
(NY Times) The White House is considering a plan that would keep most refugees who are fleeing war, persecution and famine out of the United States, significantly cutting back a decades-old program, according to current and former administration officials. One option that […]
(AFP) Mexico said Friday it arrested a US citizen suspected of backing jihadist groups who was being housed at a migrant detention center and deported him to the United States. The Mexican prosecutor general’s office said the man was the target of […]
(Politico) Donald Trump’s travel ban triggered a nationwide backlash on the left — but in the eyes of many Muslims, you wouldn’t know it listening to the Democratic presidential hopefuls. Now, Muslim operatives and activists are expressing alarm that their community has […]
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