More than 200 known or suspected terrorists have been arrested in mass deportation raids carried out by President Donald Trump‘s administration since his inauguration in January, the New York Post reports.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have reportedly arrested 219 known or alleged terrorists, which is a 655% increase from the same period in 2024 when 29 arrests were made under former President Joe Biden‘s administration, according to new Homeland Security data obtained by the newspaper on Tuesday (April 22). The arrests included Harpreet Singh, who is considered to be one of India’s ‘most wanted’ suspects for providing terrorist funds, recruitment and planning a grenade attack on a police station in India, as well as targeting a retired officer’s home with the intent to kill and instill fear among other officers, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
Singh illegally crossed from Mexico into Arizona on January 27, 2022, and roamed the U.S. for more than three years before being arrested by ICE agents in Sacramento last week, DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin told the New York Post while blaming the Biden administration.
“The Biden administration not only let a wanted terrorist into our country, but after he was arrested by Border Patrol agents, they released him into the interior of our country,” she claimed.
“While shocking, it’s not surprising given the Biden administration routinely released unvetted terrorists and criminals into American communities,” she added.
McLaughlin told the New York Post that Trump’s administration would continue targeting terrorists “who have operated with impunity on American soil.”
“Under President Trump and Secretary [of Homeland Security Kristi] Noem’s leadership, ICE is unleashed to remove these violent criminals from America’s streets and put an end to catch and release,” she added.
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