New Figures On Iranians Let In Under Biden Reportedly Emerge As US Braces For Tehran Counter-Attack

Border Patrol agents reportedly released hundreds of Iranian nationals into the U.S. during President Joe Biden’s time in office, drawing national security concerns as military tensions escalate.

The Biden administration arrested 1,504 Iranian nationals during fiscal year 2021 through fiscal year 2024, releasing 729 of these individuals into the country, according to Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data obtained by Fox News. The newly released data follows U.S. military airstrikes against three Iranian nuclear facilities, sparking vows of retaliation from the Islamic regime.

Iran has since responded to the airstrikes, launching missiles at the Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, according to The New York Times, citing the Iranian military. The success of the airstrikes, at the time of writing, is unclear, though no casualties have been reported from the airstrikes, per the Qatari Foreign Minister.

The data suggest nearly half of all Iranians — who are considered Special Interest Aliens by 🛂Immigration authorities — caught illegally crossing the border under the Biden administration were eventually released into the U.S.

Border czar Tom Homan, tasked with leading the Trump administration’s deportation operations, said these are just the individuals the government knows about.

“Under Joe Biden, we had over 10 million people cross that border,” Homan said Sunday during a media appearance. “But my biggest concern from day one — beyond the fentanyl, beyond the sex trafficking, women and children — were the two million known gotaways.”