A Jordanian migrant was busted trying to illegally cross the northern border earlier this month — and the feds believe he’s a terrorist.
Mohammad Hasan Abdellatif Albana, 41, was booted from the US on Nov. 15 after Border Patrol agents caught him near the northern border in Lynden, Washington, where he was caught sneaking into the country, Immigration and Customs Enforcement said Wednesday.
It’s unclear when Albana sneaked in or where.
ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) in Seattle Field Office Director Drew H. Bostock said the agency is “committed to the removal of noncitizens who pose a risk to the national security of the U.S.”
“Our officers perform these removals dutifully as a part of a federal law enforcement effort to protect Pacific Northwest Communities,” said Bostock.
During the Biden administration, the number of terror-tied migrants caught by federal border authorities reached record levels.
Border Patrol agents caught 300 migrants whose names appear on the terror watchlist crossing both the southern and northern borders illegally during that time period, according to federal data.
Border agents arrested Palestinian Omar Shehada, 35, whose name was listed on the terror watchlist for using “explosives/arms” for an unnamed terror group, at the New Mexico border in August.
Just a month before, border agents near San Diego caught three Palestinian migrants and another from Turkey, all of whom they determined were terror suspects associated with an unnamed terrorist organization, according to a leaked memo previously obtained by The Post.
Border Patrol sources have told The Post that with overwhelming waves of illegal migrants and not enough time to vet them, they’ve knowingly released bad actors into the country.
Some, like the eight Tajik nationals nabbed in a multi-state sting earlier this year, have slipped through federal vetting procedures and been accidentally released into the US by federal authorities, who are still working to track down additional members of the group.
Sources said the group is suspected of having ties to ISIS and was said to have plans to attack LGBTQ people in Philadelphia.
