Terrifying terror links of migrants coming over the border revealed

Soaring numbers of migrants from a known hotbed of ISIS have crossed the southern border since Joe Biden became president.  

Over 1,500 migrants from Tajikistan are reported to have crossed the border from October 2020 until May 2024, according to data seen by The New York Post. 

This year alone around 500 of Tajiks have been caught by immigration officers, with only 26 crossing the border in the 14 years prior to 2020. 

It is unknown how many Tajik migrants have been released into the US, although the majority of migrants claim asylum and are allowed to stay pending a court hearing.

Others may also have made the crossing without being intercepted. The numbers recorded only take into account migrants apprehended by Customs and Border Patrol. 

The country in central Asia has become a major breeding ground of terrorists for ISIS and offshoot group Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISIS-K). 

Over 1,500 migrants from Tajikistan are reported to have crossed the border from October 2020 until May 2024

A view of the Tajik Darvoz District, in Tajikistan, on the border with Afghanistan on March 30, 2024

Former counterterrorism official Javed Ali, who now teaches at the University of Michigan, said the rise could be ISIS 'seeding' people into the US for an attack.

Last week, the post reported that six suspected terrorists with ties to ISIS had been arrested in a sting operation in New York, Los Angeles and Philadelphia. 

Two sources confirmed that the six people all hailed Tajikistan and had been under surveillance for 'several months'. 

Anonymous ICE officials told the newspaper a wiretap revealed one of the suspects talking about bombs.

Experts believe that ISIS and its affiliated groups have been preying on Tajiks to help carry out attacks abroad. 

Texas A&M University Professor Edward Lemontold the outlet: 'Tajiks have been recruited to and played a key role in terrorist organizations like Islamic State to a greater degree than many neighboring countries in recent years. 

'They have become key to [ISIS-K]’s externally-focused campaign as it seeks to gain attention and more recruits.'

Lemon warned that 'heavy handed counter-extremism policies' by the Tajik government may be helping radicalizing some of the population. 

The splinter group had been behind the Moscow theatre attack which killed 143 in March, seen here

ISIS-K regard the US, Russia, Iran and even their Taliban hosts in Afghanistan as enemies 

Lemon, whose research focuses on Central Asia, added: 'Tajikistan is one of the most migration dependent countries in the world, with over a million of the country’s 10 million people living in Russia. 

'As life in Russia has become more difficult since the invasion of Ukraine, they have sought other destinations such as Europe, the Gulf and US.'

In a report from the Combating Terrorism Center based in West Point, New York, issued last month said that ISIS-K urged Tajik's to help topple their government. 

The report said that books published in Pashto language urged Muslims in Tajikistan to join their efforts and migrate to Afghanistan. 

That same message was also included in their 2024 Eid message, with accounts on Telegram helping provide next steps to potential recruits to settle in Afghanistan. 

The splinter group had been behind the Moscow theatre attack which killed 143 in March. 

Former counterterrorism official Javed Ali, who now teaches at the University of Michigan , said the rise could be ISIS 'seeding' people into the US for an attack 

Rescuers work to extinguish fire at the burning Crocus City Hall concert venue following a shooting incident, outside Moscow, Russia, March 22, 2024

The attack, which left the concert hall in flames with a collapsing roof, was the deadliest in Russia in years and came as the country's war in Ukraine dragged into a third year. 

The Kremlin said Putin was informed minutes after the assailants burst into Crocus City Hall, a venue on Moscow's western edge that can accommodate 6,200 people.

The attack took place as crowds gathered for a performance by the Russian rock band Picnic.

ISIS-K regard the US, Russia, Iran and even their Taliban hosts in Afghanistan as enemies.

The FBI revealed last year that the group has established a trafficking network to smuggle Uzbeki's into the US and that more than a dozen had disappeared after being processed by DHS officials.

FBI director Christopher Wray flagged the danger less than two weeks before the Moscow attack when he spoke to a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing.