ICE arrests illegal immigrant wanted for murder in Brazil

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in Philadelphia arrested a Senegalese illegal immigrant wanted for murder in Brazil.

Gora Tourie Fall, a 34-year-old citizen of Senegal, was arrested during a targeted law enforcement operation on Dec. 10 in Philadelphia, ICE officials said in a statement.

Fall was captured and released by the Biden-Harris administration’s Border Patrol in Eagle Pass, Texas, in April 2021, officials stated.

Authorities said Fall later received a notice to appear before an immigration judge and was later released on probation.

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ICE says they learned of Fall’s outstanding arrest warrant in Brazil in May.

Fall is now in ICE custody awaiting deportation proceedings.

Fox News Digital reached out to the White House for comment on the arrest but did not immediately receive a response.

Nearly 100 illegal immigrants on the terrorist watch list have been released into the United States during the Biden administration, and Border Patrol agents have encountered immigrants on the watch list from dozens of different countries, a US report revealed. August Chamber.

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“Under the Biden-Harris Administration, of the more than 250 illegal aliens on the terrorist watch list (sic) who were encountered by Border Patrol on the southwest border between fiscal years 2021 and 2023, DHS has released into American communities at least 99, with at least 34 other people are in DHS custody but have not yet been removed from the United States,” reads the report from Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee. of Representatives, a copy of which was first obtained by Fox News. Digital.

The interim staff report also found that immigration judges granted bond to at least 27 immigrants on the watch list who entered illegally and that Border Patrol has encountered tens of thousands of immigrants from countries that could pose security risks. national, including 2,134 Afghan citizens, 33,347 Chinese. nationals, 541 Iranian nationals, 520 Syrian nationals and 3,104 Uzbek nationals.

“That does not include the untold numbers of potential terrorists who evaded Border Patrol to enter the United States as part of nearly 2 million ‘breakouts’ since the beginning of the Biden-Harris Administration,” the report says.

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The report, which cites information provided to committee staff in June, also found that the Border Patrol found immigrants on the terrorist watch list of 36 different countries, including places with an active terrorist presence. Those countries include Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon, Pakistan, Somalia, Syria, Tajikistan and Yemen.

“With national security experts and immigration officials increasingly concerned about the threat of terrorism originating at the border, it is clear that policymakers must take all necessary steps to secure the border and stop the flow of illegal aliens. Yet the Biden-Harris Administration has refused to address the national security nightmare created by its radical open borders agenda,” the report reads.

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Another scathing report released by the committee in October added that more than 1.7 million immigrants have been found in the united states border and come from countries that officials believe pose a threat to U.S. national security.

The report says the number of “special interest aliens” (SIA) came from a congressional staff briefing by Department of Homeland Security officials. SIAs are those that come from countries identified by the US government as having conditions that promote or protect terrorism or that potentially pose some type of threat to US national security.

Fox News’ Adam Shaw and Bill Melugin contributed to this report.

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