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An asylum seeker with alleged ties to Isis had been living in the US for over two years, according to American officials. Jovokhir Attoev, 33, from Uzbekistan, crossed the border into Arizona and was stopped by Border Patrol in February 2022. Neither Customs and Border Protection nor Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) could find any information on Attoev so let him pass into the US on bond. However, in May 2023, his home country put out an international notice that the 33-year-old was wanted for his alleged links to Isis. It was only 10 months later, in March 2024, that the US governmen…