Two refugees from Somalia were arrested as they prepared to board a flight from Arizona to Egypt, where they planned to join the Islamic State, federal authorities announced Monday.

The men were arrested Friday, after months of planning that they shared with an undercover FBI employee, according to the criminal complaint filed against them in federal court in Tucson.

Authorities said Ahmed Mahad Mohamed, 21, and Abdi Yemani Hussein, 20, both entered the U.S. as refugees from war-torn Somalia, though Mr. Mohamed had earned a green card. Mr. Hussein was still in the U.S. on refugee status.

It’s not clear when the men entered, but their arrest on terrorism charges could further dent the refugee program, which President Trump, citing security risks among other reasons, has dramatically scaled back from the Obama years.

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