The FBI is reportedly scrambling to find more than a dozen Uzbek nationals who sought asylum in the US earlier this year after intelligence officers discovered they traveled to the southern border with the help of a smuggler who has ties to ISIS.

Officials are working to “identify and assess” all of the individuals who gained entry into the country, National Security Council spokesman Adrienne Watson told CNN.

They are also scrutinizing a number of migrants as possible criminal threats, two unnamed federal officials told the news network. But authorities say no specific ISIS plot has been identified.

“There was no indication — and remains no indication — that any of the individuals facilitated by this network have a connection to a foreign terrorist organization, or are engaged in plotting a terrorist attack in the United States,” Watson stressed.

Authorities say the migrants requested asylum at the border with Mexico earlier this year and were screened by Homeland Security.

During the screening process, Border Patrol agents will take biometrics, such as fingerprints and facial scans, and run the individuals through law enforcement databases.

Migrants arriving from central Asia may also face additional screenings because the distance and cost to enter the US from the southern border raises questions about why an individual would want to make such a trek.

Nothing in any of the intelligence community’s databases raised any red flags, CNN reported, and the Uzbek asylum seekers were all released into the US pending a court appearance.

However, US immigration offices have become so overwhelmed with processing migrants that it could take more than a decade to get in front of a judge.

Backlogs at immigration court currently stand at 2.5 million cases waiting to be heard, according to figures compiled by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) at Syracuse University.

But once inside the US, the migrants could have taken up residence anywhere.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has also sent buses of illegal immigrants to New York City and other sanctuary cities toease the burden on overwhelmed border cities in his state.

It was only after the migrants were already inside the country that the FBI learned of a smuggling network helping Uzbeks into the US — which involved at least one individual with ties to ISIS.

The bureau began a nationwide search for the migrants, and also worked with Turkish authorities, who apprehended the smuggler and other members of the network, the report said.

It has since received more information from that unnamed smuggler to aid in the bureau’s investigation, officials said.

Homeland Security officials told The Post its “intelligence, counterterrorism, and law enforcement partners screen and vet individuals prior to their entry to the United States to prevent anyone known to pose a threat from entering the country.”

The department added: “DHS continually monitors all available sources of intelligence and information related to potential threats and if any new information emerges, we work closely with the FBI and other partners to take appropriate action.”

Homeland Security has now been detaining, vetting, and ultimately expediting the deportation of migrants who “fit the profile associated with individuals who were facilitated by this network,” Watson said.

The ISIS-linked smuggler is not believed to be a member of the terrorist organization, but is rather an independent contractor who has personal sympathies with the organization, the NSC rep said.

The intelligence community also says it is unlikely he was assisting the migrants at the behest of ISIS, and most are simply believed to be seeking a better life in the US.

But many have not yet been located, and more than 15 who have been tracked down are still under scrutiny as possible criminal threats.

“Whenever we have indicators that criminal actors – such as those involved in human smuggling – have connections to terrorism, we work diligently with our partners to investigate and understand how foreign terrorist organizations may attempt to exploit their capabilities so that we can best mitigate any risk to the American public,” the FBI said in a statement.

The discovery of the ISIS-linked network has set off alarm bells in Washington, at a time when Republican presidential candidates are laser focused on the southern border.

An urgent classified intelligence report was circulated to President Biden’s top cabinet officials in their morning briefing book, CNN reported, and the revelation kicked off a slew of urgent meetings among top national security and administration officials.

Staff on key congressional committees have also been informed.