Overview

• The arrests last week bring the number of Iranian nationals in ICE custody to 670 across facilities nationwide.
• DHS issued a national terrorism advisory warning of increased risks from foreign actors on US soil.
• Among those detained is former IRGC member Mehran Makari Sahel, who admitted to links with Hezbollah and was arrested near St. Paul.
• Other individuals taken into custody include those on the Terror Watchlist and people with prior convictions for crimes ranging from grand larceny to weapons offenses.
• Civil rights groups and attorneys have accused ICE of racial profiling and demanded reviews of detention practices for Iranian Americans.