CBP says it deported a violent Iranian national this week, marking the latest in a wave of high-profile arrests targeting foreign nationals from Iran amid rising security concerns.

Customs and Border Protection announced the arrest and deportation of an Iranian man on July 8, posting on the social media platform X that the “violent criminal Iranian illegal alien” had a lengthy rap sheet including domestic violence, grand theft, narcotics charges, and obstruction.

The post, which included a photo of the man in handcuffs, stated that he was captured by CBP’s Special Response Team and a Los Angeles field office task force and “just bought himself a one-way ticket out of our country.”

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The agency did not name the man, but the arrest comes as part of a broader crackdown involving multiple apprehensions of Iranian nationals on U.S. soil in recent weeks. A similar arrest of another alleged Iranian opium smuggler had apparently occurred just days earlier in another nearby town, according to the agency’s X account.

Earlier this month, Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced the arrest of Ali Shahrezaei, a 42-year-old Iranian citizen, in San Antonio. ICE claimed Shahrezaei entered the U.S. illegally in October 2022, The Dallas Express reported. His arrest followed the detention of another Iranian man, Jamil Bahlouli, who had previously been deported and was reportedly convicted of illegal re-entry earlier this year in Montana. Federal officials alleged Bahlouli resisted arrest at his Austin home and now faces up to four years in prison.

Tom Homan, the Border Czar under President Donald Trump, said in a recent video posted by The Economic Times that over 200 Iranian nationals have been arrested in the U.S., describing many of them as potential security threats.

“If you’re a national security threat, you should be [afraid of deportation]. We’re looking for you,” Homan said. “Over 200 Iranian nationals have been arrested by us and brought in.”

His comments followed reports of Iran executing six people and arresting hundreds of others as part of a crackdown against alleged espionage. According to the Center for Human Rights in Iran, the Islamic Republic claimed the detainees were suspected of aiding Israel or criticizing the military online.

These arrests co-occurred with other arrests of Iranians in the United States.

CBP announced a federal raid at a Los Angeles home on June 29, which the agency’s social media account described as a “human smuggling hub … tied to national security threats.” CBP’s X account said seven Iranian nationals had been detained at the same location earlier that week, all of whom were reportedly listed on the FBI Terror Watchlist.

Hilton Beckham, an assistant CBP commissioner, told Fox News Digital the home had previously harbored illegal entrants allegedly linked to foreign regimes, including Iran, and called it a “direct risk to U.S. national security.”

“President Trump is clear: the safety of the American people comes first,” Beckham said. “We are working to shut down smuggling networks and remove national security threats before they can do harm.”

These actions have drawn some backlash and raised some concerns about whether all of the arrests by immigration officials are necessary. After Iranian-born Mandonna “Donna” Kashanian, who was previously reportedly denied an asylum application but allowed to remain in the U.S., was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement at her New Orleans home, some advocates rang alarm bells.

“Some level of vigilance, of course, makes sense, but what it seems like ICE has done is basically give out an order to round up as many Iranians as you can, whether or not they’re linked to any threat and then arrest them and deport them, which is very concerning,” said Ryan Costello, policy director of the National Iranian American Council, per the Associated Press.