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tulipsandroses

(7,571 posts)
Fri Jun 27, 2025, 12:35 AM Friday

Has the right found a new boogeyman for the next election cycle? Sleeper Cells?

Well not totally brand new. Their islamophobia is not new. But given how poorly mass deportation is polling, I don't think that will be a winning message for next election cycle. Enter sleeper cells. There has to be something to keep people scared.
I peruse some RW sites from time to time to see what they are yammering about.
I won't link to the various sites but here are some examples

BIDEN ENABLED IRAN TO ESTABLISH SLEEPER CELLS, BUT WE CAN STILL DESTROY THEM
Law enforcement caught more than 1,500 Iranians at the southern border under the previous administration, yet despite the warning about sleeper cells from their own agency, the Biden-Harris-Mayorkas administration released nearly half of them into the country. While alarming, these statistics only reveal a small fraction of the risk we face. The most dangerous covert Iranian agents would most likely evade capture, i.e., they would be part of the millions of “gotaways” that Biden let into our country. Therefore, the threat within our communities today is far greater than it was when the Biden DHS issued its assessment.


College campuses could be ground zero for Iranian sleeper cells plotting to harm Americans, experts warn

11 Iranians Arrested in US, Concerns Rising Over Iranian Sleeper Cells: What We Know

IMMIGRATION
ICE arrests 100+ Iranian nationals across US amid sleeper cell concerns
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Has the right found a new boogeyman for the next election cycle? Sleeper Cells? (Original Post) tulipsandroses Friday OP
Fear is a tool in the Fascist playbook Captain Zero Friday #1
They grabbed a woman in New Orleans who had lived here for 48 years! jls4561 Friday #2

jls4561

(2,468 posts)
2. They grabbed a woman in New Orleans who had lived here for 48 years!
Fri Jun 27, 2025, 12:44 AM
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Guess meal team 6 considered her part of the sleeper cell network. Good grief.

https://www.wdsu.com/article/new-orleans-iranian-woman-ice/65208647

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