The Biden administration says it detected and stopped a network attempting to smuggle people from Uzbekistan into the United States through its southern border and that at least one member of the network had links to a foreign terrorist group. U.S. officials do not believe the Uzbek nationals who used the smuggling network had any terrorist ties or were planning a terrorist attack, said a statement from the National Security Council. The statement did not specify the foreign terrorist group, but a U.S. official told The Associated Press that it was the Islamic State. To read the original story by Associated Press, click here.
