Posted on 02/07/2011 8:43:22 PM PST by La Lydia
ATLANTA -- This September marks the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks. All the hijackers were in the U.S. legally with visas issued by the State Department. Channel 2 Action News decided to investigate how many visas the department still is issuing to people from nations that support radical Islam. Some local politicians find the numbers troubling, and more troubling, who’s among those coming to America.
* Faisal Shahzad, born in Pakistan, is charged with attempting to set off a car bomb in Times Square.
* Syed Haris Ahmed, born in Pakistan, a former Georgia Tech student, was convicted of plotting terror attacks against the U.S.
* Mohamed Mohamud, born in Somalia, is charged with planning an attack on a Christmas Tree lighting ceremony last year in Portland, Ore.
All three have one thing in common. All are naturalized U.S. citizens from terror-prone nations.
“This is one of our weakest points in homeland security," said Brigitte Gabriel, a terrorism expert who grew up in the Middle East. "Terrorists are not only sneaking through illegally, but they are coming here legally and trying to cause mayhem in our country.”
While the TSA searches Americans at the airport, the state department has been handing out hundreds of thousands of visas to people from nations on the TSA list of terror-prone countries....Gabriel thinks it’s madness.
“We gave 20,000 visas to Yemen, 60,000 visas to Pakistan, 30,000 to Saudi Arabia and 15 of the 19 hijackers came from Saudi Arabia,” said Gabriel. “And we are dishing out visas to nations like Saudi Arabia.” Channel 2 found there are glaring loopholes in the visa program. The U.S. issues visa waivers to a number of countries they consider to be "friendly nations."
For example, any citizen from Germany or England can come here with just a passport. Richard Reid, the shoe bomber, as a Londoner, had a visa wavier. He simply boarded a plane with his passport. Terrorists have fooled the State Department repeatedly. Most are well-educated from good families....
Once in the U.S., it is seemingly easy for aliens to overstay their visas and disappear... The feds only have 272 agents to look for the millions of people who disappear. Phil Kent, an immigration law proponent, said it is a problem we've ignored since Sept. 11....
Swell. This is the same “asylum-seekers” tactic that was used to flood this trash into the U.K.
Open Borders like the way they destroyed the UK. The indigenous population was brainwashed by TV, celeb culture and ball games. Keep watching Tv because it empowers Obama.
O’Reilly and Fox are now totally onboard like all the others..
Pretty much. Once they’re here they are very difficult to get rid of. We could avoid a lot of grief if we managed this differently.
“Once they’re here they are very difficult to get rid of. We could avoid a lot of grief if we managed this differently.”
This action carries the stench of Jammah Cahtah; anyone know if he was the perp?
Where is the GOP on this problem?
Ping!
““We gave 20,000 visas to Yemen, 60,000 visas to Pakistan, 30,000 to Saudi Arabia and 15 of the 19 hijackers came from Saudi Arabia,” said Gabriel. “And we are dishing out visas to nations like Saudi Arabia.””
This tells you why even LEGAL immigrants are a big problem!
Remember Clinton offering that he wished 9/11 happened on his watch. For different reasons - perhaps - Obama wants, needs and is inviting the worst of circumstances here. He is quite willing to offer America Up so a mega crisis will allow him to have his way with America. He is determined to 'keep the power' he imagines is his own. Works for the Brotherhood as well; so a twofer for Obama.
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