I only live 50 miles from where this happened in WNC. A few days after the news broke and the TN police called in the FBI, there was another local news Channel 13 story that said the men were not Israeli's and the passports were not theirs. At the time I thought maybe they were Arab Palestinians because they do have a country, and must travel on an Israeli passport, something most people do not understand.
The FBI had supposedly taken custody and removed the men to Wash, DC, then I heard again on radio that they had been deported, which angered me. WHY would you do that, just because they weren't caught in the act doesn't mean they did not have plans for evil. Of course, no crime, no time.
BUT to deport them means they have opportunity to recoup and come back illegally again.
I will look for a news article, link, but it was on radio and local tv news. If I find one I will send it to you.
CORRECTION: Palestinians do NOT have a country"