Mass deportation raids implemented under the Trump administration has risen by an astounding 655%, with more than 200 known or suspected terrorists being caught in the process, including India’s “most wanted” man, according to a report.
The New York Post exclusively reported Homeland Security data shows that since President Donald Trump was inaugurated on January 20, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers have captured 219 known or alleged terrorists, a 655% increase over the same time period in former President Joe Biden’s last year in office.
Harpreet Singh, a citizen of India and one of the country’s “most wanted,” entered the U.S. illegally over the southern border in 2022. Singh is accused of masterminding a grenade attack against a police officer in India and is believed to have ties to a terrorist organization in Pakistan.
A DHS official said Singh had been released into the interior of the U.S. by Border Patrol agents and a date to appear in immigration court.
DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin told the Post that the Biden administration was to blame for allowing Singh to remain in the U.S. for over three years.
“The Biden administration not only let a wanted terrorist into our country, but after he was arrested by Border Patrol agents, they released him into the interior of our country,” McLaughlin said. “While shocking, it’s not surprising given the Biden administration routinely released unvetted terrorists and criminals into American communities.”
DHS said that Singh was responsible for supplying terrorist funds, recruitment and planning to kill a retired Punjab police officer, by attacking his home with grenades, as well as multiple other violent crimes, including extortion.
Singh was arrested by ICE agents in Sacramento last week, which was announced by the FBI in a statement, saying Singh had used methods to hide his identity.
“He had been evading capture by using untraceable burner phones and encrypted applications,” the FBI said in a statement.
