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How terrorists hide as legal immigrants

By John Schindler

Published May 9, 2025 6:00am ET

How terrorists hide as legal immigrants — A masked opposition fighter carries a flag of Hayat Tahrir al Sham in the courtyard of the Umayyad Mosque in the old walled city of Damascus, Syria, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024. HTS is the largest rebel faction within the opposition that toppled Bashar Assad's regime last Sunday. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

What are the terrorism and extremism risks to U.S. national security posed by legal immigration?

Immigration and Customs Enforcement is insufficiently tasked as a counterterrorism agency, which is hardly its fault. ICE catches many more criminals and immigration fraudsters than it does foreign extremists and terrorists.

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