U.S.-Mexico Busts of Bangladeshi Smugglers South of the Border
When immigration enforcement is counterterrorism
By Todd Bensman on September 12, 2019
The country of Bangladesh fairly teems with ISIS and al-Qaeda members, followers of a radical Islamist political party now out of power, homegrown jihadists of other various strands, and foreign terrorist fighters returning from Syria with combat experience.
It's no wonder that, as I have written, American homeland security officials see a terrorism risk in the thousands of Bangladeshi migrants who have streamed over the U.S. southern border in recent years. Bangladeshis are one of the most prevalent of the "special interest alien" nationalities transported by human smugglers along well-worn, ultra-distance routes from South America to the U.S. border with often fraudulent or no identification.
https://cis.org/Bensman/USMexico-Busts-Bangladeshi-Smugglers-South-Border
