Overview
- Texas DPS and an FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force arrested Mohammad Dawood Alokozay after a TikTok video claimed he was making a bomb for the Fort Worth area, and he was charged at the state level with making a terroristic threat.
- ICE has lodged a detainer and Alokozay is being held in Tarrant County, according to jail records and DHS statements.
- DHS says Alokozay entered the U.S. under Operation Allies Welcome and was admitted as a lawful permanent resident on September 7, 2022.
- The arrest preceded by one day the Washington, D.C., ambush that killed National Guard Specialist Sarah Beckstrom and critically wounded Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, with authorities reporting no confirmed link between the cases.
- The Trump administration has paused asylum decisions and visas for Afghan nationals and ordered reviews of Afghan arrivals as investigations continue.