(DAILY CALLER OBTAINED) - 2024-06-21 JDJ TM To DHS Re Tajikistan Nationals A Files

June 21, 2024
The Honorable Alejandro Mayorkas

Secretary
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
3017 7th St. S.W.
Washington, DC 20528
Dear Secretary Mayorkas:
In June 2024, “[e]ight Tajikistan nationals with ties to ISIS were [arrested] by U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in conjunction with the Federal Bureau of
Investigation’s (FBI) Joint Terrorism Task Force in” New York City, Los Angeles, and
Philadelphia.1 According to recent reporting, “[a]ll eight Tajikistan nationals crossed the U.S.
southern border illegally.”2 Reports indicate that “[a]t least two of the men crossed the border in
spring 2023, and one of those men used the [U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)] One
app.”3 Authorities state that the “suspected terrorists were ‘fully vetted’” and “no derogatory
information was initially flagged with [] CBP or with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security
(DHS) during processing.”4 Instead, it was only “after the suspected terrorists were released into
the U.S. [that] derogatory information was flagged with national security concerns, including the
individual[s’] ties to ISIS.”5
Criminal aliens and potential terrorists exploit vulnerabilities in our nation’s immigration
system to the detriment of those in the United States. The Biden Administration’s border and
immigration policies only increase the likelihood that criminal aliens and even terrorists will
successfully enter and remain in the U.S. Pursuant to the Rules of the House of Representatives,
the Committee on the Judiciary is authorized to conduct oversight of federal immigration policy
1
Stepheny Price & Bill Melugin, Authorities nab 8 suspected terrorists with ties to ISIS in multi-city sting operation,
FOX NEWS (June 11, 2024, 5:05 PM), https://www.foxnews.com/us/authorities-nab-8-suspected-terrorists-ties-isis-
multi-city-sting-operation.
2
Id.
3
Julia Ainsley et al., 8 suspected terrorists with possible ISIS ties arrested in New York, L.A. and Philadelphia,
sources say, NBC NEWS (June 11, 2024, 5:09 PM), https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/8-suspected-terrorists-
possible-isis-ties-arrested-new-york-l-philadel-rcna156635.
4
Price, supra note 1.
5
Id.
The Honorable Alejandro Mayorkas
June 21, 2024
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and procedures.6 To assist the Committee with its continued oversight of federal immigration
policy and procedures, we ask that you please provide the following materials regarding each of
the eight Tajikistan nationals with suspected ties to ISIS arrested in June 2024:
1. Case history information, including, but not limited to, the aliens’ immigration
history, immigration benefits applications, the alien files (A-files) or consular files
(including all consular notes), and immigration detention status and history.
2. Information regarding the time, date, and place of any and all of the aliens’ entries
into the United States.
3. Information regarding the aliens’ processing by CBP officials, including whether

CBP officials were alerted to derogatory information about the aliens and what
questions were asked of the aliens during the screening process.
4. Information regarding each alien’s bond hearing(s), if any, including the time, date,
place, bond amount, and outcome of any such bond hearing(s).
Please provide this information as soon as possible, but no later than 5:00 p.m. on July 5,
2024. In addition, the Committee requests that it be notified within 24 hours of the release from
custody of any alien described above, and such notification should include the statutory basis for
the release. If you have any questions, please contact Committee staff at (202) 225-6906. Thank
you for your prompt attention to this matter.
Sincerely,
Jim Jordan Tom McClintock

Chairman Chairman
Subcommittee on Immigration
Integrity, Security, and Enforcement
cc: The Honorable Jerrold L. Nadler, Ranking Member
The Honorable Pramila Jayapal, Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Immigration

Integrity, Security, and Enforcement
6
Rules of the U.S. House of Representatives, R. X (2023).

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June 21, 2024

The Honorable Alejandro Mayorkas

Dear Secretary Mayorkas:

3. Information regarding the aliens’ processing by CBP officials, including whether

Jim Jordan Tom McClintock

cc: The Honorable Jerrold L. Nadler, Ranking Member

The Honorable Pramila Jayapal, Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Immigration

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