According to a New York Post report Basel Bassel Ebbadi, 22, an illegal immigrant from Lebanon was caught at the U.S. southern border near El Paso, Texas last week.
While in custody, he was asked what he was doing in the US, to which he replied, “I’m going to try to make a bomb,” according to a Border Patrol document exclusively obtained by The Post.
From The New York Post:
But Ebbadi later claimed in an interview that he had been trying to flee Lebanon and Hezbollah because he “didn’t want to kill people” and said “once you’re in, you can never get out,” according to internal US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) documents.
Ebbadi said in a sworn interview after his arrest that he had trained with Hezbollah for seven years and served as an active member guarding weapons locations for another four years, the documents show.
Ebbadi’s training focused on “jihad” and killing people “that was not Muslim,” he said.
Border agents continue to see a surge in migrants whose names appear on the terror watchlist entering the US illegally as crossings continue at record levels.
Hezbollah, an Iran-backed terror group, has launched missiles into northern Israel following Hamas’ attack on Oct. 7 that have killed about a dozen Israeli soldiers and seven civilians.
In the first four months of 2024, 59 people on the terror watchlist have been apprehended, according to federal data.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott shared the story on social media.
“Illegal migrant from Lebanon caught at border admitted he’s a Hezbollah terrorist hoping ‘to make a bomb’ Joe Biden’s open border policies are a magnet for this type of terror. America cannot survive another four years of Biden’s deadly policies.”
Illegal migrant from Lebanon caught at border admitted he’s a Hezbollah terrorist hoping ‘to make a bomb’
Joe Biden’s open border policies are a magnet for this type of terror.
America cannot survive another four years of Biden’s deadly policies. https://t.co/LaqJck4JmT
— Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) March 17, 2024
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