Illegal Immigration status revealed in shooting of Jewish man in Dem-controlled city

The fishy charged pinch shooting a Jewish man aggregate times connected his measurement to a Chicago synagogue past week is simply a Mauritanian forbidden migrant who was released into nan U.S. past year, Fox News has confirmed. 

Four rule enforcement sources opportunity that Sidi Mohamed Abdallahi, a Mauritanian national, was apprehended successful Border Patrol’s San Diego Sector successful March 2023 and was released into nan U.S.

Police opportunity he attacked nan 39-year-old antheral unfortunate connected Saturday greeting successful Chicago’s West Rogers Park neighborhood. Police said that nan fishy was identified little than 30 minutes aft nan shooting, astatine which constituent he allegedly changeable astatine responders earlier constabulary "returned fire, striking nan offender." The victim, who was wearing accepted Jewish clothing, survived nan attack.

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Police analyse a shooting connected Saturday, Oct. 26 successful nan West Ridge vicinity of Chicago, Ill. (Fox32 Chicago)

Police said they recovered a limb from nan segment and that Abdallahi was "placed into custody, transported to an area infirmary and subsequently charged accordingly." Abdallahi is facing 14 felony counts, including six counts of attempted murder. 

Mauritania is simply a mostly Muslim state successful northwest Africa. The Department of Homeland Security deems forbidden immigrants from Mauritania arsenic "special liking aliens" owed to information concerns, and they are expected to person further DHS vetting. 

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) had initially told Fox News Digital that it had nary relationship pinch him. Law enforcement sources opportunity that location is detainer petition connected Abdallahi — a petition that he is transferred to ICE custody successful nan arena of his merchandise — but that "sanctuary" policies successful Cook County, Illinois, prohibit section authorities from cooperating pinch it.

Local Jewish leaders judge this was a targeted dislike crime, but nary dislike crime charges person been revenge arsenic of now.

There has been a important summation successful Mauritanian arrivals, putting unit connected towns for illustration Lockland, Ohio, wherever much than 3,000 migrants person arrived successful nan colony of 3,500. A Washington Post study successful June recovered that complete 15,000 residents from Mauritania came to nan U.S. past year, a 2,800% summation complete 2022, erstwhile conscionable 543 arrived. 

This divided shows Mauritanian immigrants astatine nan separator and nan Lockland colony administrator. (John Moore/Getty Images and Fox News Digital)

The incident taps into ongoing concerns astir nan imaginable for terrorists to travel crossed nan confederate border, amid nan monolithic numbers of migrants who person travel crossed during nan separator crisis.

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A House study successful August recovered that of nan much than 250 forbidden immigrants connected nan violent watchlist who were encountered by Border Patrol astatine nan southwest separator betwixt fiscal years 2021 and 2023, DHS released astatine slightest 99, pinch astatine slightest 34 others successful DHS custody but not yet removed from nan U.S.

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The unit interim report besides recovered that migration judges granted enslaved to astatine slightest 27 migrants connected nan watchlist who entered illegally, and that Border Patrol has encountered tens of thousands of migrants from countries that could coming nationalist information risks — including 2,134 Afghan nationals, 33,347 Chinese nationals, 541 Iranian nationals, 520 Syrian nationals and 3,104 Uzbek nationals.

"That does not see nan untold numbers of imaginable terrorists that evaded Border Patrol to participate nan United States arsenic portion of astir 2 cardinal ‘gotaways’ since nan opening of nan Biden-Harris Administration," nan study says.

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That threat from overseas nationals deed nan headlines this period erstwhile authorities announced nan apprehension of an Afghan national, accused of plotting an Election Day panic plot, who had been paroled into nan U.S. amid nan hasty U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Fox News' Greg Norman contributed to this report.