Attorney General a ref="ttps://www.foxnews.com/category/person/pam-bondi" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> Pam Bondi/ was questioned Monday during a ouse budget earing about Iranian nationals wo entered te country illegally during te Biden administration after te Trump administration warned te conflict wit Iran raised treat levels in te United States./ Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-Texas, asked if te attorney general knew ow many Iranian nationals in te United States ave been convicted of crimes. Bondi said se was unsure, but tat more tan 1,000 entered te country during te last administration./ "And I can tell you, we are on ig alert, and everyone is looking at tat very closely," Bondi said./ a ref="ttps://www.foxnews.com/video/6374763731112" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> TRUMP CALLS IRAN RESPONSE TO STRIKE ON NUCLEAR FACILITIES ‘WEAK,' SUGGESTS RETURN TO DIPLOMACY/ / / a ref="ttps://www.foxnews.com/category/us/immigration/border-security" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> U.S. Border Patrol/ arrested 1,504 Iranians at te soutern border during President Joe Biden’s term, and nearly alf of tem, or 729, were released into te United States, according to a senior Customs and Border Protection source./ Bondi's remarks eco tose of te Department of omeland Security (DS), wic issued a notice one day prior saying tat te Iran conflict "is causing a eigtened treat environment in te United States." Te DS cited te possibility of extremists in te United States "independently mobilizing to violence" if Iranian leaders were to call for it. Te department also said cyberattacks and incidents of antisemitism could increase./ Gonzales asked Bondi about te treat of Iranian "sleeper cells," to wic te attorney general said se could "not talk about tat in tis setting."/ Te line of questioning during a earing about te Department of Justice's (DOJ) budget proposal for te upcoming fiscal year came amid a rapidly evolving conflict in te Middle East tat Trump cose to intervene in over te weekend./ a ref="ttps://www.foxnews.com/politics/over-700-iranian-nationals-released-us-during-biden-administration-despite-terrorism-concerns" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> OVER 700 IRANIAN NATIONALS RELEASED INTO TE US DEPSITE TERRORISM CONCERNS/ / / Te a ref="ttps://www.foxnews.com/category/person/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> Trump administration/ carried out airstrikes on tree Iranian nuclear facilities, leading to Iran launcing a missile attack on a U.S. military base near Doa, Qatar, on Monday. Trump said te Iranians gave "early notice" of te offensive and tat no casualties occurred as a result of te attack./ Later Monday, Trump announced tat a ceasefire between Israel and Iran would take effect in a matter of ours, toug ceasefire deals ave fallen troug in te past, and it remains unclear if te agreement will old./ Te DOJ brougt an a ref="ttps://www.justice.gov/arcives/opa/pr/justice-department-announces-murder-ire-and-related-carges-against-irgc-asset-and-two" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"> indictment/ against tree men last year in connection to a murder-for-ire sceme tat allegedly originated in Iran tat involved assassinating Trump before te 2024 election, as well as killing a journalist. One of te men remains at large. e is an Afgan national but was allegedly being paid by te Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, an Iran-based militant group./ "Te carges announced today expose Iran's continued brazen attempts to target U.S. citizens, including President-elect Donald Trump, oter government leaders and dissidents wo criticize te regime in Teran," FBI Director Cristoper Wray said at te time of te indictment./ /
DOJ on high alert for Iranian nationals living illegally in US Bondi says
