Mexican Authorities Detain Two Iraqis Near U.S. Border on Immigration Charges

Tampa Bay Online & AP ^ | June 29, 2005

[ConservativeMan55]

Per Foxnews Alert.

Two Iraqi's with no documentation are arrested along the US/Mexico border.

Shady characters.....

[Tree of Liberty]

The Telegraph states that dozens upon dozens have been encounted and released, prior to investigation, in one month. It is frightening to think how many more have successfully evaded law enforcement to begin with.

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

"Relatives" doesn't make sense. At this point, what is stopping these men from coming into the US through normal immigration routes?

Even with the current INS changes, these guys could get a visa issued to visit the relatives and then disappear into the population. You'd expect the INS to bendover backwards and fast track this request.

[Black Tooth]

Mexican agents in the border city of Tecate captured two Iraqis who had hoped to sneak into U.S. territory without proper documentation, federal authorities said Wednesday.

Like antother said, how many have been missed?

[ConservativeMan55]

That will make the hair stand up on the back of your neck.....

[Uncle Fud]

It's all Bush's fault.

In this case, you're dam' right it is.

[cripplecreek]

FOX news just mentioned a case last month of an Iranian in Arizona who smuggled 60 iranians into the country.

[evets]

They're here because

Bush went to Iraq.

[Tree of Liberty]

No bet. Read that telegraph article.

[ConservativeMan55]

Listen to this.....

A spokesman for the attorney general's office said Wednesday that both Yousif Shanas were facing "absolutely nothing more than charges of being unable to prove they were here illegally."

[ConservativeMan55]

I saw it..... :(

[ConservativeMan55]

He looks truly ghoulish in that picture....

[RS]

"Which is how a lot of people think the box cutters were smuggled on board."

Uh...a lot of people don't think a lot ... before 911 you didn't have to smuggle knives on board - I carried my Swiss army knife for years on dozens of flights - tossed it in the tray with my watch and coins, no problem.

Or you could pay for First Class and they would hand you a nice steak knife....

[ConservativeMan55]

John Doe Number 2 looks an awful lot like Jose Padilla...............

[ConservativeMan55]

Now they strip search the elderly.

[Peach]

I know that. But they didn't want to risk being stopped from boarding with box cutters (and even then, some Muslims were searched more thoroughly) and early articles right after 9/11 theorized that it is entirely likely that the boxcutters were smuggled aboard by food service personnel.

[Black Tooth]

Millions of Iraqis? I think not.

How many haven't been caught?

One could only guess. With millions entering illegally, successfully, it could realistically number into the thousands.

Just a thought, but it wouldn't take many to cause real bad things to happen to both our economy and our people.

[yellowdoghunter]

Great pic! Congress it too worried about voting them a pay raise than to worry about our borders! As someone said earlier, if only us Republicans controlled the Congress we could stop this....oops....that excuse no longer works.

[teenyelliott]

Oh, man, that's what I was gonna say!

We should give them amnesty, poor things. They're just trying to make a better life for themselves.

[Liberty Valance]

The border is melting away and the politicians are too busy thumping each other on the head to care.

[Peach]

John Doe #2 is identified in The Third Terrorist. His name is al Hussaini. He is ex-Iraqi Republican Guard and has their distinctive tatoo on his forearm.

The book details the witnesses who saw him get out of the Ryder truck seconds before the explosion, including one woman who was in the building and was one of the few survivors.

Her leg was amputated at the scene and because her "memory" could not be contaminated by news reports or talking with other people, she is a credible witness. She described Husseini to a tee.