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一位专家警告，移民体系为圣战情绪在美国境内蔓延提供了温床
撰稿：彼得·皮内多 福克斯新闻
发布时间：2026年5月20日 美国东部时间上午9:30
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国家安全专家警告“风险源头”助推美国境内“圣战”活动
美国传统基金会国家安全专家劳拉·里斯就相关风险发出警告
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在美国司法部宣布起诉一名伊拉克民兵头目，指控其在美国境内指挥恐怖袭击后，一位国家安全专家警告称，有一个“风险源头”正在美国境内助长“圣战”式恐怖活动。
伊拉克国民穆罕默德·巴克尔·萨阿德·达伍德·萨阿迪是伊朗支持的“真主党旅”恐怖组织的高级成员，被指控策划了欧洲境内近20起恐怖袭击，并密谋袭击犹太机构。当局还表示，萨阿迪曾公开威胁美国总统唐纳德·特朗普及其家人。
在接受福克斯新闻数字频道采访时，传统基金会边境安全与移民中心主任劳拉·里斯表示，对所谓伊拉克和阿富汗盟友的审查失败，以及过于慷慨的社会福利体系，让美国容易遭受恐怖主义威胁。
“问题不只是边境开放。我们提供了如此多的临时或永久移民途径，不幸的是，每当你提供移民福利，人们就会蜂拥而至，还常常通过欺诈手段获取这些福利，”里斯说道。
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穆罕默德·巴克尔·萨阿德·达伍德·萨阿迪已被逮捕，将在美国面临恐怖主义指控。萨阿迪据称策划了欧洲境内针对美国和以色列利益的袭击。（美国司法部）
“当你把此前边境开放、美国境内数百万可驱逐外籍人员、圣战共同信仰这些因素结合起来，就会在美国境内引发真正的恐怖威胁，”她表示。“萨阿迪号召其他人发动圣战，不幸的是，有很多人愿意这么做。”
里斯解释称，美国情报界今年和2025年的威胁评估报告都提到“伊朗承诺数十年如一日地利用美国境内的代理网络对美发动袭击”。
里斯说，在过去一年里，美国移民海关执法局（ICE）逮捕了11名非法滞留美国的伊朗国民，其中包括一名与真主党有关联的前伊斯兰革命卫队成员、其他伊斯兰革命卫队成员和特工、一名前伊朗军队狙击手以及已知的恐怖分子。
其中一人，阿斯夫·默钱特，被检察官描述为训练有素的伊斯兰革命卫队特工，于4月被判定犯有雇凶杀人罪和企图实施恐怖行为。
里斯据此表示：“我们必须假设境内还有更多特工。”
除了拜登政府任内的开放边境政策，里斯还说：“移民体系中存在大量欺诈行为，无论是庇护欺诈、婚姻欺诈，还是H-1B签证欺诈，各类签证都存在问题。”
“此外，”她继续说道，“我们实施了数十年的项目，奖励那些以某种方式帮助过美国军方在阿富汗和伊拉克行动的人，但很难对他们进行彻底审查。”
“如果有人确实协助过美国军方，而不是那种非常常见的松散合同工情况，且他们理应得到保护，那我们就应该保护他们，”她补充道。“但这并不意味着要把他们全部接到美国来，因为那会成为美国境内威胁的风险源头。”
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欧盟将伊朗伊斯兰革命卫队列为恐怖组织，乌尔苏拉·冯德莱恩承诺在暴力镇压后迅速落实相关举措。（莫尔塔扎·尼库巴兹勒/努罗图片 via 盖蒂图片社）
此外，她表示美国慷慨的移民福利政策造就了一个“臃肿、难以管理”的体系，“从国家安全、经济安全、公共安全等角度来看，这只会危及美国”。
“对于任何提供的移民福利，你都需要进行非常彻底的审查，”她解释道，并补充道，“我们需要有所选择，特别是在我们提供的福利类型上。”
里斯呼吁“收紧”美国移民政策，称领导人需要“非常审慎、深思熟虑地挑选我们要带到美国的人”。
“在拜登政府任内，我们看到来自至少180个国家的人来到美国。全球总共只有192个其他国家。所以说，几乎全世界的人都来到了这里，”她说道，并补充道，“作为一个国家，我们能够也应该非常审慎地挑选我们要带到美国的人，以及他们来这里的原因。”
帕特尔称，在抓获两名高价值恐怖嫌疑人后，FBI正在全球范围内“追捕”恐怖嫌疑人
2026年3月7日，在加拿大多伦多美国领事馆前，一名反抗议者手持伊朗已故最高领袖阿亚图拉·阿里·哈梅内伊的画像，参加支持以色列-美国对抗伊朗的集会。（觉索·奥/路透社）
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她表示，萨阿迪的案例凸显了这些危险，解释道：“他甚至不必与美国境内持有类似信仰的人直接接触，只需在欧洲、加拿大等地接触那些愿意对他们视为异教徒的美国人、犹太人等发动圣战的人即可。”
“因此，移民海关执法局还有大量工作要做，仍需开展大规模驱逐行动，将恐怖威胁列为首要任务，”里斯补充道。
彼得·皮内多是福克斯新闻数字频道的政治撰稿人。
American ‘jihad’ fueled by ‘risky source’ inside US borders, warns national security expert
2026-05-20T09:30:15-04:00 / Fox News
An expert warned the immigration system has created fertile ground for jihadist sentiment to spread within US borders
By Peter Pinedo Fox News
Published May 20, 2026 9:30am EDT
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National security expert warns of ‘risky source’ contributing to ‘jihad’ inside US
Lora Ries, a national security expert at the Heritage Foundation, warns of the
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After the Justice Department announced charges against an Iraqi militia leader for directing terror attacks inside the U.S., a national security expert warned of a “risky source” contributing to “jihad”-type terrorist activity inside America’s borders.
Iraqi national Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al-Saadi, a senior member of the Iran-backed Kata’ib Hizballah terror group, is accused of orchestrating nearly 20 terrorist attacks across Europe and plotting attacks on Jewish institutions. Authorities also said al-Saadi publicly threatened President Donald Trump and his family.
In an interview with Fox News Digital, Lora Ries, director of the Heritage Foundation’s Border Security and Immigration Center, said that vetting failures of supposed Iraqi and Afghan allies and an all-too-generous social welfare system have left the United States vulnerable to terrorism.
“It’s not just open borders. We offer so many pathways to immigrate here, either temporarily or permanently, and, unfortunately, every time you offer an immigration benefit, people will flock to it and often commit fraud to obtain it,” said Ries.
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Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al-Saadi was arrested and will face terrorism charges in the United States. Al-Saadi allegedly planned attacks across Europe aimed at U.S. and Israeli interests.(Justice Department)
“When you combine these factors of a prior open border, millions of deportable aliens inside the U.S., common believers for jihad, then that leads to real terror threats inside the U.S.,” she said. “Al-Saadi calls on others to carry out jihad, and, unfortunately, there are many who are willing to do it.”
Ries explained that the U.S. intelligence community’s threat assessments for this year and 2025 included “discussion of Iranian commitment to decades-long attacks against the U.S. using surrogate networks inside the U.S.”
In the last year, Ries said U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested 11 Iranian nationals illegally present in the country, including a former Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps member with Hezbollah ties, other IRGC members and operatives, a former Iranian army sniper and known terrorists.
One of these, Asif Merchant, who prosecutors described as a trained IRGC operative, was convicted in April of murder for hire and attempting to commit an act of terror.
From this, Ries said, “We have to assume there are more operatives inside the country.”
Besides the open-border policies under the Biden administration, Ries said, “There’s so much fraud in the system, whether that’s asylum fraud, whether that is marriage fraud, H-1B fraud, a plethora of visa types.”
“Also,” she continued, “We’ve had programs in place for decades to reward those who helped in some fashion the U.S. military in Afghanistan and Iraq, and it’s difficult to vet them thoroughly.”
“If people truly assisted the U.S. military, not some attenuated contractor scenario, which is very common, and they deserve protection, then let’s protect them,” she granted. “But that doesn’t mean bring them all here, because that is a risky source of threats inside the U.S.”
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The European Union designated Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization, with Ursula von der Leyen pledging rapid implementation following a violent crackdown.(Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Further, she said America’s generous immigration benefits have created an “unwieldy, unmanageable” system that “just endangers the U.S. from a national security perspective and economic security perspective, public safety, etc.”
“You need very thorough vetting for any immigration benefit that’s offered,” she explained, adding, “We need to be choosy, in particular, about the types of benefits we’re giving.”
Ries called for the “narrowing” of immigration into the country, saying leaders need to “be very thorough and deliberate about who we are bringing to the U.S.”
“We saw people come to the U.S. from at least 180 countries during the Biden administration. There’s only 192 other countries. So truly, most of the world came here,” she said, adding, “We as a nation can be and should be very choosy in particular about who we bring here and why.”
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A counter-protester holds an image of Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei near a rally supporting the Israel-U.S. conflict with Iran in front of the U.S. consulate in Toronto, Ontario, on March 7, 2026.(Kyaw Soe Oo/Reuters)
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She said al-Saadi’s case highlights these dangers, explaining, “He doesn’t even have to have direct contact with those who have similar beliefs inside the U.S., but elsewhere in Europe, Canada, etc., who are perfectly willing to carry out jihad against those they view as the infidels, Americans, Jews, etc.”
“So, ICE has a lot of work to do still to conduct mass deportations with terror threats at the top of the list,” Ries added.
Peter Pinedo is a politics writer for Fox News Digital.