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After the U.S. strikes on the Iranian nuclear program, there was considerable concern about sleeper cells within the U.S. being activated; now it is clear that they’re not the only threat from Iran that American officials have to be worried about. Are agents of the Islamic Republic also taking advantage of the still-vulnerable northern border? A news item on Tuesday certainly suggested as much.
Fox News reported that “a Customs and Border Protection (CBP) spokesman confirmed Tuesday that five Iranians were arrested while attempting to illegally cross the U.S. northern border with Canada.” CBP’s Swanton Sector stated that “on July 1, Border Patrol Agents from the Champlain, New York Station, responded to suspicious activity near Mooers Forks, NY. Agents located a minivan occupied by five citizens of Iran and two citizens of Uzbekistan.” Swanton, Vt., is a small town just south of the U.S.-Canadian border.
It’s important not to jump to conclusions. Maybe these guys were really, really lost. Or maybe they were sneaking across the border in search of a better life, ready to do the jobs that Americans aren’t willing to do. It’s also a genuine possibility, however, that they were coming into the United States to try to make good on what by now are repeated threats from the Islamic Republic of Iran to assassinate President Donald Trump, along with members of his administration.
Increasing the suspicious aspect of this incident is the fact that “CBP said that all seven men had been previously arrested for attempting to cross the border illegally.” Now, however, because Donald Trump is president rather than Old Joe Biden’s autopen, “all seven aliens are detained and awaiting deportation.” One hopes that none of them will ever see delightful Swanton ever again.
This comes amid concerns that the Islamic Republic is bent on avenging the strikes on its nuclear program with strikes of its own inside the U.S. Jonathan Gilliam, a former FBI special agent, explained: “Where these sleeper cells may be is in plain sight. And that’s the real terrifying part of this is that putting people in place, as we’ve seen over the past four years, everyone’s scrambling because certain amounts of people could come in here and get in here.”
Old Joe Biden’s border free-for-all helped bring this situation about, as Gilliam noted: “They could even go to the border and say they [want to] seek asylum, and the Biden administration, instead of putting them into DHS housing or ICE housing and holding them there so they could have their first appearance, to be vetted and whether or not they get asylum,” would allow them to walk freely into the country. Despite the Trump administration’s ongoing efforts, many of them are still here.
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WPM says
That border for alot of the length of it is wildness lightly guarded .Our “friends” running the Canada government at this time do not want to contribute more resources to help guard their side.
Taffy says
“all seven aliens are detained and awaiting deportation.”
That is not the correct course of action because they will just come back again.
Jail them for a few years at Gitmo where they can be interrogated and then deport them. Make them older and hopefully wiser so they will not try again.
Huapakechi says
If they “escape” over open ocean on their way to GITMO, who would mourn?
Troybeam says
It’s important not to jump to conclusions. A joke of a statement, trying to enter the United States by Iranians when there is a fatwa posted to kill our President. Have to worry about who is already in the nation.
somehistory says
I am really, really tired of the “doing the jobs Americans won’t do.” It’s a hide-chapper.
Because I grew up doing farm work….all kinds, from getting ready to plant, planting, maintaining, harvesting and getting ready for the market.
But in my young adulthood, it was near impossible for me to get jobs on farms due to the “migrant labor” allowed to cross the border from Mexico to work. I finally gave up trying to get work doing what I knew best and went to work in offices of various businesses. I was forced out of farm work.
Of course, I wouldn’t have worked in a pot patch like the large farms in CA where the illegals were recently picked up….and where they had kids underage doing the dirty work.
If there were not so many illegals and “migrant workers” allowed inside the country, more Americans might find jobs they could do and get off welfare of one kind or another.
Farm work is very hard, but there are Americans who are not afraid to work, as politicians are so fond of saying.
These illegals from iran…and uzbek…are here to do evil things. mo’s “work” to takeover. Like that goon several months ago, when biden and his crew were welcoming one and all…bringing a sack with him and saying we would find out what he was doing here.
OLD GUY says
Open borders and weak migration laws expose all of us. I welcome people who come to America to become Americans and do it legally. If you are willing to break our laws to enter America what other laws are you willing to break? Protecting our borders prevents crimes against our citizens.
Andrew Blackadder says
When I first read this news my question was how did these guys get into Canada, Im sure they must have entered legally by flying into one of the many International Airports across Canada so did they arrive on Iranian Passports, did they land on a Tourist Visa, a Student Visa, a Residence Visa, so many questions.
Do the Border Guards have the Passports of these guys and where are those Passports.
I didn’t know Canada had such a close friendship with Iran that their citizens can fly into Canada as they like…
Something serious stinks in Ottawa .