The United States authorities have announced the deportation of three former members of the Revolutionary Guard from Iran who “illegally” entered the country, amid the increase in bilateral tensions and threats from the White House occupant, Donald Trump, about a possible military intervention against Iranian territory. The Department of Homeland Security has indicated in a statement that these three people, whom it describes as “known or suspected terrorists“, they entered the United States “during the Biden Administration“.”All of them are former members of the Revolutionary Guard, a terrorist organization“he said.
The Undersecretary of the Department of Homeland Security, Tricia McLaughlinhas stressed that the organization “is removing the worst of the worst from the country and ensuring that they are out, including members of violent gangs, murderers, pedophiles and, in this case, known or suspected terrorists.” The department has specified that “the 70% of those arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents are convicted or charged criminals.” “During the first year of Trump’s term, ICE arrested 43,305 people who posed a potential security risk,” he said, including more than 1,400 terrorism suspects and more than 7,400 “gang members.”
