In 2009 and 2010 Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) caught, detained and then released at least 28 Iranian nationals inside the United States who then became fugitives when they failed to show up for immigration proceeding. Twenty-four of them were caught after Obama was inaugurated in January 2009 and two of the four Iranians caught while Bush was in office were released when Obama moved into the Oval Office. Iran has been designated by the U.S. State Department as one of four state sponsors of terrorism.
Feds Caught and Released 28 Iranians Who Became Fugitives Inside U.S.; ICE Won’t Say What Happened to Them
Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director John Morton.
(CNSNews.com) – During fiscal years 2009 and 2010, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), a division of the Department of Homeland Security, caught, detained and released at least 28 Iranian nationals inside the United States who then became fugitives when they failed to show up for immigration proceedings.
Four of the Iranians who became fugitives had been caught early in fiscal 2009 while President George W. Bush was still in office. The other 24 were caught after President Barack Obama was inaugurated on Jan. 20, 2009.
Two of the four Iranians caught and detained under the Bush administration were not released from detention until Obama came to office. Thus, a total of 26 Iranian nationals caught and detained by ICE in fiscal years 2009 and 2010 were released inside the United States under the Obama administration and then became fugitives.
CNSNews.com obtained this information–which had been updated as of Jan. 5, 2011–through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request filed with ICE.
To see an Excel file of the information on the Iranian fugitives that ICE provided to CNSNews.com click here.
Over the last three business days, starting on Oct. 14, CNSNews.com attempted to find out from ICE how many of the 28 Iranians who were caught and released and became fugitives in fiscal 2009 and 2010–and who were considered fugitives as of Jan. 5 of this year–were still at large as of now.
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