Human Trafficker With Ties to ISIS Helped Smuggle Migrants Across the Mexican Border — Prompting FBI Investigation
A human trafficker with ties to ISIS helped smuggle migrants across the southern border, prompting an FBI investigation into over a dozen Uzbek nationals who came to the US requesting asylum.
The FBI is now working to “identify and assess” the aliens who entered the country with the help of the smuggler, according to a statement from National Security Council spokesman Adrienne Watson, which CNN obtained.
CNN reports that two US officials confirmed they are “scrutinizing a number of the migrants as possible criminal threats.”
“Though there is no evidence at this point to justify detaining anyone, the episode was so alarming that an urgent classified intelligence report was circulated to President Joe Biden’s top Cabinet officials in their morning briefing book,” the report explains.
