Aug 16, 2018

US authorities have arrested an alleged Islamic State member and murderer who entered the country as a refugee, raising questions about the strength of the government's refugee screening process.

Omar Ameen, 45, was arrested Wednesday in Sacramento, California by the FBI's J

oint Terrorism Task Force, three months after an Iraqi magistrate issued an arrest warrant charging him with the murder of an Iraqi policeman in 2014, the Justice Department said.

Ameen, from Rawah in Anbar province, entered the United States in 2014 after being granted refugee status, and recently sought permanent resident status by applying for a "Green Card" work permit.

But US authorities now say that Iraq has identified Ameen as a member of two designated jihadist terror groups, Al-Qaeda in Iraq, and the Islamic State group.