ICE arrested eight men from Tajikistan in New York, Philadelphia and Los Angeles over the weekend who had been on the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force's radar for their potential ties to ISIS, three people familiar with the matter tell NBC News. All eight men crossed into the U.S. through the southern border and passed criminal background checks.
The Department of Homeland Security has identified over 400 immigrants who have come to the U.S. from Central Asia and elsewhere as “subjects of concern” because they were brought by an ISIS-affiliated human smuggling network, three U.S. officials tell NBC News. While over 150 of them have been arrested, the whereabouts of over 50 remain unknown, the officials said, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement is looking to arrest them on immigration charges when they are located.
Two officials said federal law enforcement agencies are “not panicking” about those individuals now identified as “subjects of concern,” but are prioritizing them for arrest on immigration charges out of an abundance of caution. Some of the 150 who were arrested have already been deported, the officials said. Others may have left the country voluntarily. The whereabouts of other individuals in 17 states are also known, said the officials, and they may be arrested soon.
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