Iranian nationals apprehended at northern border

By Jerry McConway,
 updated on July 16, 2025

The war between Israel and Iran took a new turn when Donald Trump decided to bomb Iran’s nuclear sites to prevent the terrorist nation from having a nuclear weapon. Simple numbers tell us that during Biden’s time in office, we likely have at least 1,000 possible terrorist suspects enter this country.

Now there are concerns some cells could be activated, and those fears only grew worse when Iranian nationals were apprehended at the northern border.

Trump strikes Iran

When Trump hit Iran, I fully backed the decision, but would have preferred it to be Israel that did the dirty work.

Unfortunately, the nature of the facilities meant that our military was the only option to take out these bunker-style nuclear facilities.

We have the only bombs capable of taking out underground bunkers, and we have the only planes capable of delivering the payload.

The strike was successful, but how successful remains to be seen.

Dems melt down over strikes

Democrats immediately went after Trump for the strike, claiming he overstepped his authority, but that was far from the actual case.

Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) stated, “That’s a decision the House makes. That’s not a decision the Senate makes. But it is clear that this is illegal.”

Trump did not declare war on Iran, as Democrats are making this out to be.

This was a precision strike, which every modern-day president has carried out to some extent, but unlike in years past when a president conducted such a strike, Dems refused to rally behind the president and went on the attack.

Opening the door

A Customs and Border Protection (CBP) spokesman confirmed that five Iranian nationals were caught trying to cross the border illegally at the north, which sent a wave of panic around the country.

CBP's Swanton Sector posted, "On July 1, Border Patrol Agents from the Champlain, New York Station, responded to suspicious activity near Mooers Forks, NY. Agents located a minivan occupied by five citizens of Iran and two citizens of Uzbekistan."

Former FBI special agent and terrorism task force member Jonathan Gilliam said the quiet part out loud, stating, "Where these sleeper cells may be is in plain sight. And that's the real terrifying part of this is that putting people in place, as we've seen over the past four years, everyone's scrambling because certain amounts of people could come in here and get in here."

This has been my concern since Biden was in office, and I feared that a terror strike would take place on our soil during the Trump administration. Sadly, Dems are just looking for reasons to blame Trump, which is why I believe they were so adamant against the Iran strike… they are just covering their six, knowing full well we have bad actors in this country who likely crossed when Biden was in office, just waiting for a signal to carry out their strike.

About Jerry McConway

Jerry McConway is a conservative journalist who has been covering politics for more than a decade. His no-nonsense writing style makes him enemy number one in DC. His mission is to tell the truth to readers, good or bad, something the mainstream media has failed to do for decades. He and Shaun Connell have co-founded numerous conservative-oriented publications to form one of the most formidable publishing teams in conservative alt-media.  

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