Afghan who entered U.S. under Biden’s ‘parole’ pleads guilty to terror plot:
Nasir Tawhedi, an Afghan man who came to the U.S. as part of President Biden’s massive airlift in 2021, agreed to plead guilty to charges of assisting a terrorist organization and attempting to obtain weapons ahead of a planned attack on Election Day last year.
Tawhedi, who now awaits sentencing, admitted to attempting to buy two AK-47 rifles and 500 rounds of ammunition with the intent “to carry out an Election Day attack.” He admitted that he did that as part of an effort to aid the Islamic State, or ISIS.
He agreed to be deported after serving his time.
Tawhedi, 27, was part of the massive wave of Afghans the Biden administration allowed into the U.S. in 2021 as Kabul fell to the Taliban.
He was granted “parole,” which the Biden administration used to welcome tens of thousands of Afghans and nearly 3 million people total.
Attorney General Pam Bondi said he had pledged allegiance to ISIS and betrayed “the nation that gave him refuge.”
“Today’s guilty plea guarantees he will be held accountable, stripped of his immigration status and permanently removed from the United States,” she said.
FBI Director Kash Patel said the prosecution should “serve as notice” to others who would plot attacks on the U.S. --->READ MORE HERE
Abrego Garcia pleads not guilty to migrant smuggling
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran migrant who was at the heart of a major deportation legal battle, pleaded not guilty Friday to migrant smuggling charges, and the government was making its case to a Tennessee judge Friday for him to remain in detention while awaiting his trial.
A federal agent laid out details of the government’s case, saying that a confederate of Mr. Abrego Garcia said he made as many as 50 trips a month smuggling people from the border and was paid $1,000 to $1,500 per trip.
In one instance in 2022 — which gave rise to the criminal charges — he was stopped by police in Tennessee with nine people in his vehicle. Body cam footage showed the officers speculating that he was carrying illegal immigrants.
Mr. Abrego Garcia at the time said they had been working on a project in St. Louis and were headed home, but the government says license plate readers show no sign that the vehicle was in St. Louis that year.
The federal agent, according to reporters from The Tennessean who were in the courtroom, said the Department of Homeland Security has found that at least six of the nine people were found to be in the country illegally. Two of the people have been removed from the U.S.
Mr. Abrego Garcia’s public defender lawyers have told the judge the smuggling case he has been charged with isn’t serious enough to earn detention.
“Mr. Abrego Garcia should be released,” the public defender said.
Though Mr. Abrego Garcia stands charged with only one count of migrant smuggling, prosecutors have argued his criminal behavior goes far beyond that.
In a lengthy indictment won from a grand jury, they accuse him of carrying drugs and guns on some smuggling runs and say he carried juvenile migrants on some trips. --->READ MORE HERE
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