Eleven Iranian nationals illegally in the U.S. have been arrested, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
According to a Tuesday press release from DHS, 11 Iranian nationals not in the U.S. legally were arrested by ICE last weekend. A U.S. citizen that “threatened to kill ICE law enforcement while harboring an illegal alien from Iran” was also arrested by ICE, according to the release.
“Under Secretary Noem, DHS has been full throttle on identifying and arresting known or suspected terrorists and violent extremists that illegally entered this country, came in through Biden’s fraudulent parole programs or otherwise,” DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in the release.
“We have been saying we are getting the worst of the worst out—and we are. We don’t wait until a military operation to execute; we proactively deliver on President Trump’s mandate to secure the homeland,” McLaughlin added.
The arrests in multiple states, according to DHS, came amid a conflict between Iran and Israel that the U.S. stepped into over the weekend and a larger crackdown on immigration by the Trump administration.
On Monday, the Supreme Court lifted judge-imposed restrictions on the Trump administration’s deportations to countries where migrants do not have connections.
Trump went after the Israelis and Iranians on Tuesday, expressing his displeasure with fighting that went on between the two regional rivals after he announced the parameters of a ceasefire Monday.
“We basically — we have two countries that have been fighting so long and so hard that they don’t know what the f‑‑‑ they’re doing,” Trump told reporters at the White House.