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May 12, 2025
Immigration

Trump Administration Revokes Deportation Protections for Additional Refugees.

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❓What Happened: The Trump administration has officially ended Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Afghan refugees, opening the door to deportations.

👥 Who’s Involved: Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced the decision; tens of thousands of Afghans are affected.

📍 Where & When: The announcement was made on Monday, May 12, 2025, in the United States, with deportation protections expiring in 60 days.

💬 Key Quote: “This administration is returning TPS to its original temporary intent,” said Secretary Noem, adding: “Afghanistan has had an improved security situation, and its stabilizing economy no longer prevents them from returning to their home country.”

⚠️ Impact: Deportation protections for Afghans will lapse, affecting tens of thousands of migrants, many of whom were resettled in Texas, California, and Virginia.

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The Trump administration has ended Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Afghan refugees, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced Monday. The move sets the stage for the potential deportation of tens of thousands of Afghans currently residing in the United States. Deportation protections will expire in 60 days, the minimum period allowed by law after such a notice is issued.

“This administration is returning TPS to its original temporary intent,” Sec. Noem stated, adding: “We’ve reviewed the conditions in Afghanistan with our interagency partners, and they do not meet the requirements for a TPS designation. Afghanistan has had an improved security situation, and its stabilizing economy no longer prevents them from returning to their home country.”

The Biden government had brought approximately 76,000 Afghan nationals to the United States following the chaotic U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, a move ordered by President Joe Biden. Many of these individuals were resettled in states like Texas, California, and Virginia. Between 2010 and 2022, the Afghan population in the U.S. grew from 54,000 to 195,000, though it remains unclear how many of these individuals have obtained legal permanent residency or citizenship.

However, Noem’s analysis pointed to signs of recovery, such as Chinese tourism returning to the region, and a decline in the number of people requiring humanitarian assistance—from over 29 million last year to 23.7 million this year.

The Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) program, created in 2006 and expanded in 2009, was initially designed to assist Afghan and Iraqi translators working with U.S. forces. Many of the Afghans currently in the U.S. fled during Joe Biden’s botched 2021 withdrawal, supposedly seeking refuge from Taliban reprisals.

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April 9, 2025
Jack Montgomery
Immigration
UK

Afghan Charged with Threats to Kill Nigel Farage.

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❓What Happened: A 26-year-old Afghan, Fayaz Khan (a.k.a. Mada Pasa), faces charges for threatening to kill Reform Party leader Nigel Farage after menacing online videos surfaced last year.

👥 Who’s Involved: Fayaz Khan, Nigel Farage, Metropolitan Police.

📍 Where & When: Westminster Magistrates’ Court, London, Friday, April 11, 2025.

💬 Key Quote: “Fayaz Khan, of no fixed address, was charged on Tuesday, April 8 via postal charge requisition with threats to kill and sending a menacing communication.” – Metropolitan Police spokesman.

⚠️ Impact: Khan’s court date marks a reckoning for threats against Farage, while spotlighting border security issues.

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An Afghan migrant who targeted Reform Party leader Nigel Farage with death threats in viral online videos is set to face justice. Fayaz Khan, a 26-year-old also known as Mada Pasa, was charged with threats to kill and sending a menacing communication, the Metropolitan Police confirmed. He’s due to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Friday, April 11, after a months-long probe sparked by his social media activity.

Khan, of no fixed address, appeared on the radar last year, posting dozens of clips flaunting his migration journey across Europe—culminating in a video in which he appeared to threaten Farage’s life. The Metropolitan Police arrested Khan on November 1, 2024, after the video triggered a report of malicious communications. He initially received bail.

“A man has been charged in relation to threats made against an MP. Fayaz Khan, of no fixed address, was charged on Tuesday, 8 April via postal charge requisition with threats to kill and sending a menacing communication. He is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Friday, 11 April,” the Metropolitan Police confirmed in a statement.

“The charge follows an arrest made on Friday, 1 November in relation to a report of threatening communications and threats to kill towards an MP linked to a video posted on social media. The man was bailed pending further enquiries and subsequently charged as above.”

Farage, elected to Parliament for the first time last year and now leading national polls, has previously been targeted by activists throwing milkshakes and other missiles, but those responsible have never faced serious legal consequences.

Image by Owain.davies.

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February 14, 2025
Immigration
NatSec

Afghan Accused of Munich Car Ramming Suspected to Have Islamist Motive.

An Afghan bodybuilder has been arrested after a car was plowed into a crowd in Munich, Germany, injuring 36 people, with two, including a toddler, in critical condition. The incident occurred on Thursday morning when a Mini Cooper drove into a group of trade union strikers on Seidlstrasse. Authorities suspect the act may be linked to Islamist extremism, as revealed in a Friday morning police statement.

The suspect, identified as 24-year-old Farhad Noori, reportedly confessed to intentionally driving into the crowd. German anti-terror police are leading the investigation. Noori, who emigrated from Kabul in 2016, had an asylum application denied by the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees. However, due to security concerns in Afghanistan, he was allowed to stay in Germany anyway.

Noori’s social media presence shows indications of extremist connections, including posts that were reportedly supportive of Islamist ideologies. His now-deactivated accounts also showcased his passion for bodybuilding, a sport in which he competed nationally.

The attack occurred near the Munich Security Conference, attended by international leaders, including Vice President J.D. Vance.

Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called for firm action against Noori, stressing that he should face punishment and deportation. However, had the authorities removed or detained him after his asylum claim was initially rejected, the attack could have been preempted.

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An Afghan bodybuilder has been arrested after a car was plowed into a crowd in Munich, Germany, injuring 36 people, with two, including a toddler, in critical condition. The incident occurred on Thursday morning when a Mini Cooper drove into a group of trade union strikers on Seidlstrasse. Authorities suspect the act may be linked to Islamist extremism, as revealed in a Friday morning police statement. show more
October 11, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Immigration
NatSec

Afghan Terror Plotter Worked for CIA.

An Afghan charged with plotting an Election Day terror attack after being imported to the U.S. following the Biden-Harris government’s botched withdrawal from Afghanistan previously worked for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi, 27, worked in a security role for the CIA in his native country. According to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Tawhedi passed a “multilayered screening and vetting” process, including checks against intelligence, law enforcement, and counterterrorism databases, before being paroled into the U.S.

Biden-Harris officials claim Tawhedi became radicalized just weeks after his arrival on September 9, 2021. However, they are incentivized to claim his radicalization occurred after he entered the U.S., or they would be implicated in failing to detect his terroristic intentions before importing him.

Tawhedi entered the country under “humanitarian parole” after the Biden-Harris government fast-tracked the entry of tens of thousands of Afghan migrants. DHS initially claimed he arrived on a Special Immigrant Visa (SIV), but the State Department pushed back, saying that Tawhedi came in under humanitarian parole and applied for an SIV on arrival.

Tawhedi, based in Oklahoma, allegedly planned to target large gatherings on Election Day and was prepared to die as a “martyr” along with his juvenile brother-in-law, who was brought to the U.S. through another immigration program.

Biden-Harris Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has remained silent on the case, avoiding questions about failures in the vetting process for Afghans. Regardless, the incident raises serious concerns about how many other potential threats may be inside the U.S. due to the Democrats’ lax immigration policies.

Hundreds of would-be illegal immigrants apprehended at America’s borders have been discovered to have terrorism links. Surprisingly, more of these migrants are caught attempting to cross the northern border than the southern border.

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An Afghan charged with plotting an Election Day terror attack after being imported to the U.S. following the Biden-Harris government's botched withdrawal from Afghanistan previously worked for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi, 27, worked in a security role for the CIA in his native country. According to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Tawhedi passed a "multilayered screening and vetting" process, including checks against intelligence, law enforcement, and counterterrorism databases, before being paroled into the U.S. show more
June 17, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Crime
Immigration
World

Afghan Migrant Shot Dead During Knife Rampage Targeting Soccer Fans.

Police shot a male migrant dead following a series of violent knife attacks on Friday evening. The 27-year-old suspect, identified as an Afghan national, initially attacked another Afghan, aged 23, in Wolmirstedt—a German town approximately 80 miles west of Berlin—using a “knife-like object,” resulting in the younger migrant’s death.

Subsequently, the Afghan targeted a group of soccer fans watching the opening game of the Euro 2024 tournament between Germany and Scotland. During the attack in the yard of a private residence, the migrant injured three German men, two of them seriously.

The Afghan also tried to attack officers responding to the incident, resulting in his fatal shooting. The Interior Ministry in Saxony-Anhalt, the German federal state encompassing Wolmirstedt, has announced an increased police presence across the region.

Authorities have yet to reveal the motive behind the attacks. At the end of May, another Afghan in the German city of Mannheim stabbed multiple people at an anti-Islamization rally, killing a police officer. Days later, a man caught vandalizing posters for the anti-mass migration Alternative for Germany (AfD) party stabbed an AfD candidate who confronted him.

The AfD placed second in the recent European Parliament elections, ahead of the governing Social Democrats and their coalition partners.

Germany’s Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) released data this year showing that foreigners, who make up just 14.6 percent of the population, are implicated in 58.5 percent of all violent crimes in the country.

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Police shot a male migrant dead following a series of violent knife attacks on Friday evening. The 27-year-old suspect, identified as an Afghan national, initially attacked another Afghan, aged 23, in Wolmirstedt—a German town approximately 80 miles west of Berlin—using a "knife-like object," resulting in the younger migrant's death. show more
May 8, 2024
Ed Kozak
Immigration
Lawfare
World

Politician Fined… After Linking to Govt’s Own Migrant Rape Stats.

Marie-Thérèse Kaiser, a politician from the Alternative für Deutschland Party (AfD), has been found guilty of ‘incitement’ for sharing a government link to statistics on rapes committed by migrants and questioning their disproportionately high incidence rate. In a 2021 social media post, Kaiser asked, in the context of refugee resettlement, “Afghan refugees, welcome culture for group rapes?”

In defense of her post, Kaiser explained her impetus was to spark a debate on the alarming crime rates among Afghan migrants. She stressed her concern as a woman feeling threatened, particularly by groups of male migrants. She also voiced concern that unchecked immigration might be fostering an atmosphere conducive to a surge in criminal activity. Her conviction was met with the pronouncement from the judge that “freedom of expression ends where human dignity begins.”

The announcement of the guilty verdict has sparked controversy and critique, including from entrepreneur and tech giant Elon Musk. “Are you saying the fine was for repeating accurate government statistics? Was there anything inaccurate in what she said?” Musk posted to X (formerly Twitter).

Kaiser has stated she will file an appeal against the verdict.

Germany has witnessed an 18 percent spike in foreign suspects, leading to 41 percent of all crime suspects belonging to foreign communities. Conservative factions in the country argue that these statistics point toward the need for a cap on immigration and a revision of integration policies. The German government, however, continues to focus on homegrown conservative ‘extremist’ threats, especially the AfD, which is expected to surge in this summer’s European elections.

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Marie-Thérèse Kaiser, a politician from the Alternative für Deutschland Party (AfD), has been found guilty of 'incitement' for sharing a government link to statistics on rapes committed by migrants and questioning their disproportionately high incidence rate. In a 2021 social media post, Kaiser asked, in the context of refugee resettlement, “Afghan refugees, welcome culture for group rapes?” show more
April 11, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Immigration
UK

Judge Says Afghan Sex Offender Can Stay… BECAUSE He’s a Sex Offender.

A recent investigation discovered that an Afghan sex offender who “continues to act inappropriately towards females” was not deported because similar sex offending in Afghanistan could lead to “persecution.”

Despite being criminally convicted, the courts ruled the potentially dangerous Afghan should not be sent back to Afghanistan because acts such as public masturbation and “fondling of body parts” in his home country would put him “at high risk of physical violence from mob mentality.”

“[I]f he acts in the manner he has in the UK on return to Afghanistan… the ill treatment [he] is likely to experience will satisfy the definition of persecution,” a tribunal ruled.

The decision, issued before Joe Biden’s botched withdrawal from Afghanistan plunged it fully into Taliban control, is not the first ruling centered on supposed “human rights” to put the British public in danger.

In 2020, Scottish judges ruled a Taliban fighter could not be deported because the previous Western-backed government was hostile to the terror organization, and he would be at risk of “persecution.”

He also argued he suffered post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as a result of his experiences in the Taliban — potentially fighting against British and allied forces — with a judge agreeing he might receive insufficient treatment for the condition in his home country.

This individual, whose identity was protected by the courts, had previously failed six deportation appeals, but continued to receive public funding for further appeals until one of them stuck.

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A recent investigation discovered that an Afghan sex offender who "continues to act inappropriately towards females" was not deported because similar sex offending in Afghanistan could lead to "persecution." show more
February 20, 2024
Jack Montgomery
NatSec
World

Al-Qaeda Madrassas, Training Camps Return to Afghanistan After Biden’s Botched Withdrawal.

Al-Qaeda has opened at least eight training camps and five madrassas — radical Islamic schools — in Afghanistan since Joe Biden’s botched withdrawal from the country, which left the Taliban in control of more territory than when the U.S. invaded in 2001.

The United Nations (UN) Security Council report detailing al-Qaeda’s reemergence in Afghanistan also notes the network now “maintains safe houses to facilitate the movement between Afghanistan and the Islamic Republic of Iran in the provinces of Herat, Farah, and Helmand, with additional safe house locations in Kabul.”

“The relationship between the Taliban and al-Qaeda remains close, and the latter maintains a holding pattern in Afghanistan under Taliban patronage,” the report states, adding that Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), responsible for multiple attacks in Pakistan, is also training suicide bombers at a site in Afghanistan.

Pakistan announced in November that all Afghan illegal aliens on its territory would be removed, resulting in around half a million deportations over just four months.

Joe Biden, meanwhile, is continuing to push Congress to import tens of thousands more Afghans to the United States as “refugees” on top of the almost 100,000 already imported.

The Taliban is “[a]ware of… ongoing relocation flights” to the U.S., and anyone traveling directly from Afghanistan, therefore, has tacit permission from the Taliban to do so – raising security concerns.

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Al-Qaeda has opened at least eight training camps and five madrassas — radical Islamic schools — in Afghanistan since Joe Biden's botched withdrawal from the country, which left the Taliban in control of more territory than when the U.S. invaded in 2001. show more
January 24, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Immigration
World

Pakistan Proves Mass Deportation is Possible as 500,000 Afghans Ejected in Just 4 Months.

Pakistan has removed half a million Afghans from its territory in just four months, with most of them self-deporting after the government in Islamabad threatened to arrest people without legal status en masse.

An estimated 1.7 million Afghans were living in Pakistan illegally before the authorities announced a November 1, 2023, deadline for illegals to leave or face arrest. Most of the Afghans who returned to their homeland did so before this deadline, but a steady stream of illegals who missed it are continuing to cross back.

“Since the initial peak around November 1, the number of individuals crossing these official border points have consistently decreased but remains higher than pre-September 15th,” said the United Nations Migration Agency, also known as the International Organization for Migration (IOM).

Other Afghans were flown to Western countries such as the United Kingdom. The British government was paying the hotel bills of thousands of Afghans in Pakistan but began chartering flights to bring them to Britain in response to the Pakistani deportation order.

The UN has complained returning Afghans to their home country puts them “at risk of persecution” by the Taliban, but Islamabad says the deportations are necessary for national security.

Afghanistan is often used as a staging ground for terror attacks on Pakistan, and Afghans often lack proper identification.

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Pakistan has removed half a million Afghans from its territory in just four months, with most of them self-deporting after the government in Islamabad threatened to arrest people without legal status en masse. show more