ev, who entered the U.S. illegally via the Southwest Border, was sentenced to 12 years in prison for financing terrorism. According to the article, Kurashev, from the terrorism-prone Kabardino-Balkaria region, sent $13,000 to the al- Qaeda-affiliated group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, which used the funds to buy

rrested, he may have become an operational participant in terrorist activities," the investigating FBI agent told the Sacrament court at one point. "Kurashev's behavior firmly places him on the continuum for mobilizing to violence." The article noted that Director Wray, and a variety of former homeland s