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2023-09-25 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
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From Uzbekistan through ISIS to the 'land of freedom'
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Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
Text compiled by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin, appears to be from a variety of English language sources. Commentary by Rozhin is in italics.
[ColonelCassad] The FBI is reportedly investigating a human smuggling ring that helps smuggle Uzbek migrants across the border into the United States. At least one of the smugglers is reported to be affiliated with the terrorist organization ISIS . Border Patrol agents detained more than a dozen Uzbek citizens who crossed the border from Mexico into the United States earlier this year. The migrants were reportedly released into the US by the Biden administration to file asylum claims, according to a CNN report on Tuesday.
National Security Council spokeswoman Adrienne Watson told the news network that officials are working to "identify and evaluate" all of these migrants who were apprehended and subsequently released into the interior of the U.S. with a "Notice to Appear" for some future immigration court hearing. The FBI says no specific ISIS plot has been identified at this time, but one of the smugglers is reportedly linked to the terrorist network.
Earlier this year, a group of migrants from Uzbekistan sought asylum and were screened by the Department of Homeland Security, among a growing number of asylum seekers who have come to the U.S. from Central Asia in recent years.There was no information in any of the intelligence community's databases that raised any red flags, and all the men were released to the United States pending their trial dates.
It was only later, when the FBI learned of the existence of a human smuggling ring helping Uzbek citizens travel to the United States, and that the network included at least one person linked to ISIS, that national security officials pieced the pieces together.
National Security Council spokesman Watson said: “There was no indication—and there still is no indication—that any of the individuals assisted by this network have ties to a foreign terrorist organization or are involved in preparing a terrorist attack in the United States.” "
The ISIS-linked smuggler is not considered a member of the terrorist network, the report said. He is described as "more of an independent contractor." The intelligence community believes he is not smuggling Uzbek citizens on the orders of ISIS and that the migrants are "seeking a better life in the United States ," CNN said.
Not all Uzbek migrants released into the United States were found during the investigation , the report said. More than 15 people have been identified and are "still under FBI scrutiny as possible criminal threats," a US official told CNN.
PS. ISIS contractor smuggles Uzbeks into better lives in US.
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