Afghan alien recklessly released into US by Biden administration; sentenced to 35 years for multiple child sex offenses

FORT WORTH, Texas - Following the deadly and chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan, Badshah Sahi, a 21-year-old alien from Afghanistan, and sexual predator, was carelessly released into the American interior by the Biden administration. An investigation conducted by ICE Homeland Security Investigations Dallas, police departments in Arlington and Forney, as well as sheriff's offices in Green and Hays Counties, discovered Sahi was producing and was in possession of child sexual abuse material.

Sahi pleaded guilty to the charges on April 1 and has been sentenced to 35 years in federal prison.

President Trump has made it a top priority to make our nation secure and our communities safer. By restoring law and order and locking up the worst of the worst, ICE HSI is delivering on the President's promise to the American people. There is no room for child predators and those who commit such heinous crimes will be found and prosecuted.

"This dangerous child sex offender was recklessly released into the United States without proper vetting during the withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021 and went on to prey on innocent children both here in North Texas and online," said HSI Dallas acting Special Agent in Charge Antwoine Jones. "Thankfully, working with our law enforcement partners, we were able to remove him from the local community and ensure he spends the next 35 years behind bars, where he won't be able to harm any more children."

"This lengthy sentence sends a resounding message: Child predators will find no safe harbor in the Northern District of Texas," said U.S. Attorney Ryan Raybould. "We will find them and ensure they face the full weight of federal prosecution. Our commitment to protecting children is absolute, and we hope this outcome serves as a clear deterrent to anyone contemplating similar crimes."

According to court documents, authorities arrested Sahi for sexual assault of a child on Feb. 28, 2025. Law enforcement believed Sahi was communicating with a 14-year-old girl from his residence in Arlington. Sahi would pick up the girl outside her home in Forney and transport her to various locations to sexually assault her.

A search of Sahi's phone at the time of his arrest revealed numerous images and videos of a prepubescent girl and communication with other children online. On at least one occasion, Sahi used an online gaming platform to coerce a child in Indiana to create and send him sexually explicit videos at his direction. The child victim was 10 years old, which was revealed to Sahi during the course of their communications.

Additional forensic records revealed that Sahi communicated with a 15-year-old girl in San Marcos and drove to her location, where he recorded himself sexually assaulting her.

Sahi was paroled into the United States by the Biden administration on Sept. 5, 2021, during the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan under Operation Allies Welcome. The initiative and other related efforts resettled roughly 190,000 Afghan nationals into communities across the United States without proper vetting.

After taking office, the Trump administration signed several executive orders to restore integrity to the nation's immigration system including Restricting the Entry of Foreign Nationals to Protect the United States from Foreign Terrorists and other National Security and Public Safety Threats, which identified countries with insufficient screening and vetting procedures and restricted entry from 12 countries, including Afghanistan.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Allyson Monte from the Fort Worth Division prosecuted the case.

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