Border Patrol agents detained a Lebanese migrant at the border near El Paso, Texas earlier this month. Hezbollah A Customs and Border Protection official confirmed Monday that he was on his way to New York and would try to make a bomb.
The man is currently in custody in the United States and is under active investigation into him and his allegations, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
This was first reported by the New York Post Bassel Bassel Ebbadi, 22, was caught trying to cross the border in Texas on March 9 and told agents he was training with Hezbollah and said he was “going to try to make a bomb.”
A CBP spokesperson said in a statement, “If an individual poses a potential threat to national security or public safety, we refuse to admit, detain, remove, or refer them to other federal agencies for further inspection, investigation and/or prosecution as appropriate. “
Hezbollah Declared a Foreign Terrorist Organization by the State Department. NBC News reported the encounter with border agents in September “the number of individuals is increasing” about FBI terrorist list According to the threat assessment released by the Department of Homeland Security, he is trying to enter the country through the southern border.
As of July 2023, 160 migrants whose identities matched those in the Terrorist Screening Dataset were apprehended by CBP attempting to cross the US-Mexico border during fiscal year 2023, compared to 100 in fiscal year 2022. In total, 2.5 million encounters were recorded in the United States. With migrants trying to cross the border in FY 2023.
It was not known whether the person arrested on March 9 was on that list.