IS may have passport printing machine: Report

Islamic State in all likelihood has access to blank Syrian passports and printing machines and the terror group’s followers may have entered the US using the authentic-looking passports, according to a media report.

A 17-page US Homeland Security Investigations Intelligence Report, issued to law enforcement last week, said ISIS likely has been able to print legitimate-looking Syrian passports since taking over the city of Deir ez-Zour, home to a passport office with “boxes of blank passports” and a passport printing machine, ABC News reported.

Another passport office was located in Raqqa, Syria, which has long been Islamic State in Iraq and Syria’s de facto capital.

“Since more than 17 months (have) passed since Raqqa and Deir ez-Zour fell to ISIS, it is possible that individuals from Syria with passports ‘issued’ in these ISIS controlled cities or who had passport blanks, may have travelled to the US,” the report is quoted as saying.