Bondi says the DOJ is looking “very closely” for illegal Iranian immigration activities

Attorney General Pam Bondy He was questioned Monday during a House budget hearing about Iranians who illegally entered the country during the Biden administration after the Trump administration warned about conflicts that raised the level of threat in the US.

R-Texas Rep. Tony Gonzalez asked if the Attorney General knew that the number of Iranians in the United States had been convicted of a crime. Bondi said she wasn’t sure, but said more than 1,000 people entered the country during the last administration.

“And we can tell you, we’re on alert, and everyone is watching it very well,” Bondy said.

Trump has suggested a return to diplomatic relations when he called for Iran’s response to strikes against nuclear facilities “weak”

US Border Patrol During President Joe Biden’s term, 1,504 Iranians were arrested at the southern border, with nearly half of them, or 729, released to the United States, according to a senior protection source for customs border protection.

Bondi’s remarks reflect the statements of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a day’s notice that a day ago said the Iranian conflict is “stimulating an increase in the US threat environment.” The DHS cited the possibility of “mobilizing America’s militant potential independently into violence” if Iranian leaders called for it. The department also said anti-Semitic cyberattacks and incidents could increase.

Gonzalez asked Bondi about the threat of Iran’s “sleep cells” that the Attorney General said could “not talk about it in this environment.”

The line of questioning during hearings about the Department of Justice (DOJ) budget proposal came amid a rapidly evolving conflict in the Middle East where Trump chose to intervene over the weekend.

More than 700 Iranians have been released to the US Depsite Terrorist Concerns

Trump administration Air strikes were carried out at three Iranian nuclear facilities, and Iran launched a missile attack on a US military base near Doha, Qatar on Monday. Trump said the Iranians gave them “early notifications” of the attack, and no casualties occurred as a result of the attack.

Trump announced later Monday that a ceasefire between Israel and Iran will take effect in a matter of hours, but the ceasefire deal has collapsed in the past.

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brought it by DOJ Appeal Last year, against three men in connection with a murder plot by an employer, allegedly derived from Iran, killing journalists, who assassinated Trump before the 2024 election. One of the men remains large. He is an Afghan national, but is said to have been paid by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard, an Iran-based extremist group.

“The charges released today expose Iran’s continued brave attempts to target US citizens, including President Donald Trump, other government leaders and opposition critics of the Tehran administration,” FBI director Christopher Ray said at the time of the indictment.

Bill Melgin contributed to this report.