ICE Chief: ‘Quite Common’ for DHS to Have ‘No Information’ on Migrants Freed into U.S. from Southern Border
JOHN BINDER13 Jun 2024144
Acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director Patrick Lechleitner says, “It’s quite common” for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to have “no information” on migrants that are subsequently released into the United States from the southern border.
Lechleitner’s remarks come after eight Tajikistani migrants, linked to the Islamic State (ISIS), were arrested this week across three states by ICE agents after they crossed the border, had background checks conducted, and no information — at the time — alerted DHS officials to their terrorism ties.
During the interview with NewsNation, Lechleitner was specifically asked about the ISIS-linked migrants and how they were allowed to enter the U.S. after crossing the border.
“Well listen, we have individuals that are coming across and they’ve [had background checks done] and Customs and Border Protection are the ones who encounter them at the border, it’s not [ICE] but sometimes there’s just no information on individuals,” Lechleitner said:
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/06/13/ice-chief-quite-common-for-dhs-to-have-no-information-on-migrants-freed-into-u-s-from-southern-border/