Jaan Shah Safi

By Zak Failla From Daily Voice

A suspected ISIS-K supporter who entered the United States under the Biden administration’s "Operation Allies Welcome" was arrested in Virginia just miles from the nation’s capital, according to the Department of Homeland Security.

Secretary Kristi Noem said Jaan Shah Safi, an Afghan national, was taken into custody by ICE Homeland Security Investigations agents on Tuesday, Dec. 3, in Waynesboro.

DHS said Safi entered the country on Sept. 8, 2021, in Philadelphia under "Operation Allies Welcome." He applied for Temporary Protected Status, but DHS said his application was terminated after Secretary Noem ended TPS for Afghans.

According to DHS, Safi “provided support to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria-Khorasan (ISIS-K)” and “provided weapons to his father who is a commander of a militia group in Afghanistan.”

“Today, our heroic ICE officers arrested Jaan Shah Safi, a terrorist who provided material support to ISIS-K. The Biden administration brought this terrorist into the U.S. under the disastrous Operation Allies Welcome program,” Secretary Noem said.

She added that Safi “was arrested miles from our nation’s capital, where our brave National Guard heroes, Sarah Beckstrom and Andrew Wolfe, were shot just days ago by another unvetted Afghan terrorist brought into our country.”

Safi was taken into custody without incident, DHS said.

Federal officials said this is the third Afghan national terrorist arrest in less than a week involving someone brought into the country under Operation Allies Welcome.

Officials noted two recent cases:

Tuesday, Nov. 25: Mohammad Dawood Alokozay, also admitted under Operation Allies Welcome, was arrested in Fort Worth for making bomb threats. DHS said he posted a TikTok video claiming he was building a bomb.

Wednesday, Nov. 26: Rahmanullah Lakanwal, who entered under Operation Allies Welcome, carried out a “terror and ambush-style attack” on two National Guard members near the White House, according to DHS.

DHS said President Trump halted Afghan refugee resettlement in January and suspended entry of Afghan nationals, calling it part of an effort to “clean up” what officials described as an “unmitigated national security crisis.”