An illegal alien and suspected terrorist from South Africa was arrested in New York City after being released at the border by federal authorities.
Umar Farooq Ashraf, 18 years old, was arrested at a Brooklyn apartment three months after he was released into the country by federal agents when he illegally entered the United States by way of the southern border.
Ashraf was first apprehended in September by the Texas Department of Public Safety in Normandy when the state agency found that the South African national was a “spouse or child of a known or suspected terrorist” according to the Terrorist Screening Center. It is not apparent which terror organization the man is believed to have a connection to.
The Texas Department of Public Safety proceeded to hand Ashraf over to federal authorities, who later released the foreign national into the country despite his terror ties. The man…
