House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael McCaul revealed that intelligence officials have determined the terrorist group ISIS has targeted the refugee program as a way to infiltrate sleeper agents into the United States.
“ISIS members in Syria have attempted to exploit it to get into the United States,” McCaul said during a
speech at the National Defense University.
“The U.S. government has information to indicate that individuals tied to terrorist groups in Syria have already attempted to gain access to our country through the U.S. refugee program.”
McCaul would not say specifically who informed him and other lawmakers about the revelation, only describing the sources as “elements of the intelligence community.”
“That was very courageous for them to come forward with this, to tell me about this personally, given the political debate on the Hill,” he added, suggesting that the news did not come from intelligence leaders.
