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DHS: ICE arrests third Afghan national from Biden-era program in Virginia within a week
Jaan Shah Safi is the third Afghan national arrested under Biden's Operation Allies Welcome in less than a week amid rising terror-related incidents, DHS said.
- On December 3, 2021, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested Jaan Shah Safi in Waynesboro, Virginia, accused of supporting ISIS-K.
- Safi had entered the country under Operation Allies Welcome on September 8, 2021 and applied for Temporary Protected Status, which was terminated after DHS ended TPS for Afghans under Secretary Kristi Noem.
- Among related cases, Nov. 25 saw Mohammad Dawood Alokozay arrested for alleged bomb threats and Nov. 26 involved Rahmanullah Lakanwal's arrest after a shooting killing one National Guard member.
- Kristi Noem said `Today, our heroic ICE officers arrested Jaan Shah Safi, a terrorist who provided material support to ISIS-K`, and Department of Homeland Security ordered reviews of Afghan and 18 other countries’ applications.
- Politically, the arrests have intensified debate over Operation Allies Welcome, with Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem accusing the Biden administration of admitting nearly 200,000 unvetted Afghan arrivals and President Donald Trump vowing migration pauses after the D.C. shooting last week.
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ICE Arrests ANOTHER Unvetted Afghan National Released into the U.S. Under Biden’s 'Operation Allies Welcome': Suspected of Terrorist Ties
On Wednesday, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents announced that Jaan Shah Safi, an Afghan national released into the U.S by Joe Biden’s ‘Operation Allies Welcome,’ was taken into custody.
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"The Biden administration created one of the worst national security crises in U.S. history. Biden allowed nearly 190,000 uninvestigated Afghan foreigners to enter our country, and only determined who they were and their intentions when they were already on U.S. soil," said DHS secretary Noem.
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