NAFBO also forwarded this article today:
The Cuban connection for Smuggling Somalis into the US
[snip] The Miami Herald has a fascinating and troubling story about a Cuban connection in the US Eastern District of Virginia trial that ended with a slap on the wrist for American Islamic convert Anthony J. Tracy. Tracy was sentenced to time served and a $100 fine. We posted the story of Tracy’s conviction against the murky background of an alleged double agent role for the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and some unnamed intelligence agencies. The Miami Herald article, “Cubans implicated in human smuggling” noted “a federal grand jury indictment named two employees at the Cuban Embassy in Kenya as participants in a scheme to smuggle Somalis into the United States.” Here is a fascinating excerpt: Two Cubans who worked at the Cuban embassy in Kenya were identified as unindicted co-conspirators in the U.S. court records of a scheme to smuggle 268 Somalis to Cuba and on to the United States. The case of convicted alien smuggler Anthony J. Tracy raised national security concerns because of his contacts with a Somali terror group, Al Shabaab. Tracy denied helping Shabaab, but failed that part of a lie-detector test. ``I helped a lot of Somalis and most are good, but there are some who are bad and I leave them to ALLAH,' Tracy wrote in a Jan. 15 e-mail, according to court records in his case. The two Cubans, identified only as Consuelo and Elena, were fired by their supervisors for providing the Somalis with visas so they could slip into the United States via Dubai, Moscow, Havana, South America and Mexico, the records showed.
http://www.newenglishreview.org/blog_display.cfm/blog_id/28018#CurDomainURL
No redeeming social, ecological, political, or monetary value. Nuke it. Nuke it and make it a parking lot.
We need to deport or imprison ALL illegal aliens, including the so-called anchor babies, seal/secure the border and SHOOT anyone who tries to re-enter illegally.
MORE:
TACOMA, Wash. (Map, News) -
Nearly 80 Somali nationals who are seeking asylum in the United States after entering the country through Mexico have been transferred to a detention center in Tacoma - the latest group of a growing number of East African immigrants who are seeking entrance to the country through routes usually used by Latino immigrants.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection statistics say that nearly 260 Somalis have reached the U.S.-Mexican border in the first eight months of the fiscal year 2010, eclipsing the more than 240 who sought asylum the entire year before.
The arrival of Somalis at Tacoma has sent the lone free legal aid firm that serves the detention center scrambling to try to help the asylum seekers navigate the country’s complex immigration laws.[snip]
http://www.examiner.com/a-2675820~Seeking_asylum__dozens_of_Somalis_await_in_Tacoma.html
FOR YOUR REFERENCE ICE to make detention centers more humane
Houston Chronicle | June 8, 2010 | By SUSAN CARROLL
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials are preparing to roll out a series of changes at several privately owned immigration detention centers, including relaxing some security measures for low-risk detainees and offering art classes, bingo and continental breakfast on the weekends.
The changes were welcomed by immigrant advocates who have been waiting for the Obama administration to deliver on a promise made in August to overhaul the nation's immigration detention system.
The 28 changes identified in the e-mail range from the superficial to the substantive. In addition to “softening the look of the facility” with hanging plants and offering fresh carrot sticks, ICE will allow for the “free movement” of low-risk detainees, expand visiting hours and provide unmonitored phone lines.
ICE officials said the changes are part of broader efforts to make the immigration detention system less penal and more humane. But the plans are prompting protests by ICE's union leaders, who say they will jeopardize the safety of agents, guards and detainees and increase the bottom line for taxpayers.
Tre Rebstock, president for Local 3332, the ICE union in Houston, likened the changes to creating “an all-inclusive resort” for immigration detainees. Other major changes include:
• Eliminating lockdowns and lights-out for low-risk detainees.
• Allowing visitors to stay as long as they like in a 12-hour period.
• Allowing low-risk detainees to wear their own clothing or other non-penal attire.
• Providing e-mail access and Internet-based free phone service.
Not about punishment "It's not about punishing people for a crime they committed.” Rosenberg said some of the changes, like new flower baskets, may seem small, but they will combine with the bigger changes to make a difference in the daily lives of detainees. “Taken together they will go some way to making this system less penal,” she said. (Excerpt) Read more at chron.com
Come on, Tom - you know those aren't the real reasons. We have a tacit agreement in place to accept any and all of Mexico's poor and malcontents to reduce the risk of a Communist revolution there. The government feels that any collateral damage illegals cause will be tiny compared to having an active Communist nation as a neighbor.