{"id":13443,"date":"2024-10-16T02:44:10","date_gmt":"2024-10-16T02:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=13443"},"modified":"2024-10-16T03:00:20","modified_gmt":"2024-10-16T03:00:20","slug":"texas-troopers-arrest-more-special-interest-aliens-including-men-from-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=13443","title":{"rendered":"Texas Troopers Arrest More Special Interest Aliens, Including Men From Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"

This post originally appeared at https:\/\/www.wisconsinrightnow.com\/special-interest-aliens\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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Texas Department of Public Safety troopers working through Gov. Greg Abbott\u2019s border security mission, Operation Lone Star, continue to arrest \u201cspecial interest aliens,\u201d primarily men from countries of foreign concern. That includes Iran, a U.S. State Department designated State Sponsor of Terrorism.<\/p>\n

Texas DPS first sounded the alarm about increasing arrests of SIAs last month, The Center Square first reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In the past week, DPS troopers have arrested dozens of SIAs, Texas DPS Lt. Chris Olivarez said in a series of social media posts<\/a>.<\/p>\n

SIAs are noncitizens who, based \u201con an analysis of travel patterns,\u201d are \u201cknown or evaluated to possibly have a nexus to terrorism\u201d who \u201cpotentially poses a national security risk to the United States,\u201d the U.S. Department of Homeland Security explains. Having an SIA designation does not necessarily mean the individual is a terrorist, but their travel pattern \u201cindicates a possible nexus to nefarious activity (including terrorism) and, at a minimum, provides indicators that necessitate heightened screening and further investigation,\u201d DHS says.<\/p>\n

On Oct. 11, DPS troopers apprehended 165 foreign nationals in Quemado, outside of Eagle Pass, after they illegally entered Texas from Mexico. Among them were 14 identified as SIAs \u2013 citizens of Iran, Egypt, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.<\/p>\n

President Joe Biden recently extended executive orders declaring multiple national emergencies citing national security threats related to Iran, ISIS, Syria, Afghanistan and the DRC, The Center Square reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In a video<\/a> posted by DPS, apprehended Iranian SIAs stated their names and information about themselves in English. They said they are from Iran, they came through Mexico and were going to Florida, Las Vegas and San Francisco, respectively.<\/p>\n

DPS troopers also arrested 57 illegal foreign nationals for criminal trespass \u2013 citizens of Peru, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Brazil, the Dominican Republic, Honduras, Guatemala, and Ecuador, Olivarez said.<\/p>\n

On Oct. 13, Texas DPS troopers recovered<\/a> 29 \u201cunaccompanied alien children\u201d (UACs) between the ages of 10 and 17. They all claimed to already have sponsors in New York, California, Colorado, Florida, Maine, and other states, he said.<\/p>\n

On Oct. 14, Texas DPS troopers also recovered 23 UACs including 16 boys and seven girls, he said. Olivarez published a video<\/a> of the UACs who stated their ages in Spanish.<\/p>\n

All UACs are handed over to Border Patrol, which processes them and turns them over to the supervision of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services\u2019 Office of Refugee Resettlement. HHS ORR is rife with allegations of abuse, the non-vetting of sponsors, losing track of more than 100,000 UACs after they are released into the US, among other allegations prompting<\/a> multiple congressional investigations. A House Committee also recently subpoenaed<\/a> the head of HHS to provide information about UACs.<\/p>\n

One Democratic U.S. senator from Oregon blocked<\/a> an attempt to halt funding for organizations accused of abusing UACs; 158 House Democrats voted against<\/a> deporting violent offenders, including child sex offenders.<\/p>\n

One Texas group, Alliance for a Safe Texas, has called for action in Texas since the majority of UACs are housed in HHS-contracted facilities in the state, The Center Square first reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n

So far, through OLS, Texas DPS troopers have rescued over 900 UACs, The Center Square reported. Border Patrol agents are also continuing to rescue<\/a> drugged UACs believed to have been abused and smuggled into the country.<\/p>\n

On Oct. 14, Texas DPS troopers also apprehended a large group of illegal border crossers on private property in Maverick County. They included family groups, the 23 UACs and 22 SIAs \u2013 citizens of Egypt and Turkey, Olivarez said.<\/p>\n

Last month, troopers apprehended SIAs from Turkey, all single military age men, The Center Square reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Last month, U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Georgia, filed a bill to require the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to publish data on SIAs who are apprehended illegally entering the U.S., The Center Square first reported.<\/p>\n

SIA data collected by DHS has never been made public under any administration.<\/p>\n

There have been at least 73,000 SIAs arrested under the Biden-Harris administration, Greene said at a congressional hearing. The number \u201cdoes not include the potential special interest aliens among the 2 million known gotaways,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

She\u2019s referring to illegal border crossers who intentionally evade capture, don\u2019t return to Mexico or Canada, run when pursued by law enforcement and aren\u2019t apprehended, or their tracks are found by law enforcement and reported, officials have explained to The Center Square. They now total over 2 million since fiscal 2021, the greatest number reported under any presidential administration, The Center Square first reported.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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