‘Worrisome’: DHS chief Markwayne Mullin sounds alarm about Iranians trying to ‘sneak in’ through NORTHERN U.S. border * WorldNetDaily * by Joe Kovacs

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U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin discussing the Iranian threat at America's border with Canada on Sunday, June 21, 2026 (Video screenshot)U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin discussing the Iranian threat at America’s border with Canada on Sunday, June 21, 2026

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin is sounding the alarm about members of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps potentially “sneaking” into America at the country’s northern border with Canada.

Appearing on “Sunday Morning Futures” with Maria Bartiromo on the Fox News Channel, the DHS chief said: “We’ve seen an unusual amount of Iranian nationals trying to sneak in through our northern, not southern border, because President Trump’s policies have closed the southern border.”

“So our northern border, we’ve seen arrests go up daily on Iranian nationals.”

Mullin noted: “It’s worrisome because the amount of influx we see and the amount of connections we have, when we capture the people that they have direct ties to the IRGC – which the IRGC is not the regular army of Iran. The IRGC is the true believers of this radical regime.”

Bartiromo asked Mullin if the individuals apprehended by U.S. officials were members of the IRGC or perhaps Iranian citizens fleeing the embattled Mideast nation, the secretary indicated: “Most of the individuals have ties directly to the IRGC. Listen, it’s hard to get out of the country of Iran unless you have a path to do so.

“We’re also seeing this with the games they’re playing with [the international soccer board] FIFA. We’re still hosting the World Cup, and Iran has a team that’s playing in it. In fact, the team is playing today in L.A.

Mullin explained, “Most teams travel with around 120 people. That’s their support staff, doctors, coaches, everybody else that comes along with them and their delegation.

“We accepted 53 individuals coming in. The rest of the individuals that Iran had tried to bring in all also had direct ties to the IRGC and aren’t their normal traveling group. So these games that Iran plays unfortunately makes them an adversary that you can’t trust. And no one knows that better than President Trump, which is why President Trump has been very hard set on the fact that we’re not leaving anything for your word.”

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When asked if he believed there are people tied to the IRGC traveling with the Iranian World Cup soccer team, Mullin responded, “No, absolutely not.”

He then added: “They tried to get somebody in yesterday. He was supposed be the president of the soccer federation. When we started doing the research on him, he’d already been put in place since 2022, and we did’t allow him to board the plane. Remember, the Iranian soccer team is actually based in Tijuana, [Mexico], and we fly them in the day before the game. The guy trying to get on the plane yesterday had direct ties to IRGC.

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“We’re literally checking them as they get on the plane, as they get off the plane, in both places.

“We have Customs and Border Protection agents that are there doing biometrics on them so we know exactly who is coming in the country and leaving.”

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