Posted on 07/23/2004 1:07:11 AM PDT by Joe Hadenuf
A BAND OF 14 ILLEGAL ALIEN SYRIANS?!
By Michelle Malkin · July 23, 2004 01:47 AM
WNBC investigative reporter Scott Weinberger reported on Joe Scarborough's MSNBC show tonight that the 14 Syrians on Northwest Flight 327 ALL had expired visas. He said that law enforcement officials xeroxed the men's paperwork without looking at the dates. The visas had expired nearly a month earlier, according to Weinberger.
If this is true, this is absolutely unbelievable!!
They were illegals thats just icing on the yellowcake
PING
Thought you would want to see this...
US security must be made aware that their 2 great oceans are no protection anymore. 9/11 should have taught them that. If this story is true, this is a great failure, and sad that even after 9/11/01 this occurs. But then again, who knows what has been sneaking in from Mexico and Canada.
This does not give me much confidence in the background checks that the Joint Terrorism Task Force, FBI, and LAPD may or may not have conducted on the men before letting them walk away. Would you trust the terrorism investigation of officials who apparently neglected to verify whether these men--coming from a designated state sponsor of terrorism--WERE EVEN IN THE COUNTRY LEGALLY?!?!?!
If Weinberger's reporting is accurate, I won't be surprised. The 14 men join a club of at least an estimated 2.3 million illegal visa overstayers currently living in the U.S. today. Until September 11, 2001, the Visa Overstayers Club also included "student" Hani Hanjour and "businessmen and tourist" Nawaf al-Hazmi and Satam al-Suqami.
If this is true, this will get quite ugly.....
I don't understand. What visa would they be under? Visitor, right. For the gig and short duration. Why would the date be expired for the specific dates they where to be here. Was it the passports? That I could understand. But those would be check several spots prior...Syria, any layover before entry to US, Detroit.
This is a good time to remind everyone that our law enforcement is not perfect and they (we) need to stay aware of what us happening around them (us) at all times.
We are the 1st line of defense, not the LEO's or the military!
Ping....
Thanks.
Brigette also just mentioned this article in the other thread.
I guess it will turn out, that nobody put their "musical instruments" through an X-ray machine to find out what may have been inside them.
How many of us would have been fired for doing such a crappy job as that?! Doesn't anyone pay attention to the dates on these visas or do we have people getting paid/bribed to let them in?
This might interest you....
so we're hearing about this from someone outside of FR.com, I guess that shows that NOBODY watches Scarborough's show
We failed to reform our immigration policies by midnight on 911 , and this lunacy continues to this day.
I am going to absolutely pray that if this is true, and they were let go, they will be surveilanced 24-7... BUT...
why were they let go???? Heads should role, how to get this on FOX and repeated until we puke?
It was on Micelles website, I just ran across it while we were on another thread. I told FairOpinion that this new info should have a thread of it's own.
If this is true, you can bet the rent, there is going to be a whole lot of very angry people!
I think I read somewhere that they did fingerprint them -- hopefully they are also following them.
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