DHS, DOJ: More than 70 Percent of Terror-Related Convicts in U.S. Are Foreign Born: U.S. federal courts have convicted at least 549 individuals of “international terrorism-related charges” between 9/11 and the end of 2016, including 402, or 73 percent, who are foreign-born, reveals a new report issued by the U.S. Departments of Justice (DOJ) and Homeland Security (DHS).
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency, a component of DHS charged with enforcing American immigration laws within the country, removed 1,716 aliens over “national security concerns” since September 11, 2001, notes the assessment.
While briefing reporters on condition of anonymity, a Trump administration official said of the ICE removals linked to national security threats:
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