http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1435429/posts
"Pipelines Send Illegal Immigrants to U.S."
AP on Yahoo ^ | 7/2/05 | Pauline Arrillaga and Olga R. Rodriguez- AP
Posted on 07/02/2005 2:01:20 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "TIJUANA, Mexico - The men flocked to the cafe under the sign with the cedar tree, symbol of their Mideast home. Here, in this alien border land, it was the beacon that led to an Arab "brother" who would help them complete their journey from Lebanon into America.
They would come, sometimes dozens a month over a three-year period, to find Salim Boughader Mucharrafille — the cafe owner who drove a Mercedes and catered to some of Tijuana's more affluent denizens, including workers at the U.S. consulate only a short stroll away. His American customers were unaware that the savvy boss of La Libanesa cafe ran a less reputable business on the side.
Until his arrest in December 2002, Boughader smuggled about 200 Lebanese compatriots into the United States, including sympathizers of Hezbollah, designated a terrorist organization by U.S. authorities. One client, Boughader said, worked for a Hezbollah-owned television network, which glorifies suicide bombers and is itself on an American terror watch list.
"If they had the cedar on their passport, you were going to help them. That's what my father taught me," Boughader told The Associated Press from a Mexico City prison, where he faces charges following a human-smuggling conviction in the United States.
"What I did was help a lot of young people who wanted to work for a better future. What's the crime in bringing your brother so that he can get out of a war zone?"
A report released by the Sept. 11 commission staff last year examining how terrorists travel the world cited Boughader as the only "human smuggler with suspected links to terrorists" convicted to date in the United States.
But he is not unique."
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"WANTED
Adnan G. El Shukrijumah
Up to $5 Million Reward"
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http://mensnewsdaily.com/blog/kouri/2005/07/homeland-security-operations-net-over.html
Jim Kouri is Vice President of the
National Association of Chiefs of Police
Sunday, July 03, 2005
"Homeland Security Operations Net Over 400 Criminal Aliens
Some Are Members of Organized Crime Gangs"
by Jim Kouri, CPP
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "US Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested eight known gang members in four cities and removed nine others in recent days. These arrests are the latest under Operation Community Shield, a national initiative aimed at disrupting and dismantling violent gangs of illegal immigrants. These arrests bring the total to more than 400 since March 2005.
Arrests occurred in San Francisco, Seattle, Atlanta and Detroit. The removals occurred from the Buffalo, NY Federal Detention Facility. All eight of the individuals arrested have been charged with being illegally present in the United States and are being detained pending their immigration court hearings.
The eight gang members deported from Buffalo were arrested around the country and staged at the facility as ICE completed the repatriation process. Suspected criminal activity includes manslaughter, criminal weapons possession, robbery, assault and attempted robbery."
The Cedar Tree, I find that interesting.
Thank you for sharing this article.