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U.S. authorities moved decisively when they arrested the niece and grand-niece of the late Iranian general Qassem Soleimani after the State Department revoked their green cards, a necessary step to protect American security. This is the kind of action conservatives have been demanding for years — when Washington identifies clear ties to the Iranian terror apparatus, it must act without hesitation to remove those threats from our communities.
Officials identified the detained relatives as Hamideh Soleimani Afshar and her daughter, Sarinasadat Hosseiny, and said Immigration and Customs Enforcement took them into custody in Los Angeles after Secretary of State Marco Rubio terminated their lawful permanent resident status. The move shows that the administration is finally using existing authorities to strip residency from those connected, however tangentially, to Tehran’s violent networks instead of welcoming them with open arms.
According to Department of Homeland Security records reported by local outlets, Afshar entered the U.S. in 2015, received asylum in 2019, and later obtained a green card in 2021, but multiple trips back to Iran surfaced during immigration checks and undermined her asylum claim. If someone claims refuge from a brutal regime yet continues to travel freely to the country that sponsors terrorism, American officials have every right to question and revoke their status.
Make no mistake: these are not merely bureaucratic technicalities. This administration’s broader campaign to revoke visas and residency for people tied to Iran’s leadership is a patriotic correction to years of lax enforcement that left the door open to potential threats. Conservatives should applaud leaders who prioritize the safety of American citizens over political correctness and soft-on-threats immigration policies.
The predictable outcry from the left and some corners of the media about “guilt by family relation” misses the real point — this is about patterns of behavior, suspicious ties, and national security, not punishing relatives for distant sins. Even activists and online petitioners pushed for action after reports about the family surfaced, and public pressure helped bring attention to what should have been standard vetting long ago.
Patriotic Americans want a country whose immigration system defends us, not one that becomes a sanctuary for relatives of the world’s most dangerous players. This administration’s enforcement sends a clear message to Tehran and to anyone who would exploit American hospitality: if you have connections to a regime that targets our troops and funds terrorism, you do not get safe harbor here.
