No crisis? ICE says more than 10,000 people from terrorist-sponsoring states roaming the U.S.

By Jon Dougherty

The Department of Homeland Security said on Friday that more than 10,000 people from terrorist-sponsoring states are currently at large in the United States, with many under removal orders or are pending removal.

“My biggest concern isn’t how many terrorists have been arrested entering the country illegally, but how many got through?” said Thomas Homan, a former acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, said in a statement for the Immigration Reform Law Institute (IRLI). “How many did Border Patrol not catch? That’s what Americans should be thinking about.”

In response to a Freedom of Information Act request from Homan’s organization, ICE provided records indicating that there are currently at least 10,340 people illegally residing inside the U.S. from countries the State Department has designated as terroristÂ havens.

The State Department has designated North Korea, Iran, Sudan, and Syria as state sponsors of terrorism.

PJ MediaÂ noted further:

According to ICE records, there are 2,812 illegal immigrants from Iran who have been ordered removed, and 3,519 who have orders of removal pending, for a grand total of 6,331 illegals from Iran. There are three illegals from North Korea with finalized orders of removal and 18 whose removal orders are pending, for a total of 21.