From Fox News: A Customs and Border Protection (CBP) spokesman confirmed Tuesday that five Iranians were arrested while attempting to illegally cross the U.S. northern border with Canada.
“On July 1, Border Patrol Agents from the Champlain, New York Station, responded to suspicious activity near Mooers Forks, NY,” CBP’s Swanton Sector said on Facebook. “Agents located a minivan occupied by five citizens of Iran and two citizens of Uzbekistan.”
The Champlain Station is part of the Swanton Sector. Swanton is a rural town in Vermont near Highway 89 just south of the Canadian Border.
“It was determined that all seven adult male subjects had previously illegally entered the United States at various locations along both the U.S./Mexico border and the U.S./Canada border. They are currently detained and pending removal proceedings,” the Swanton Sector’s Facebook post continued.
Earlier this month, former FBI special agent and terrorism task force member Jonathan Gilliam warned in a Fox News interview that Iranian terrorist sleeper cells could be hiding in plain sight inside the United States.
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