The sister of another of the students — 18-year-old Mustafa Wagdi, who is still missing — said she spoke to him on the day he arrived in Egypt and a second time five days ago.
He assured her "that he is OK and he is living with his colleagues," but he did not say where, the sister said in a phone interview from Mansoura. She refused to give her name because of worries of trouble with Egyptian security services over the incident.
The sister was quoted in the Egyptian press as saying her brother had told her over the phone that he would stay in the U.S. to find work. Speaking to The Associated Press, she denied making those comments, saying she didn't know what he was doing.
But she added that if her brother had decided to look for work, "I know that it's wrong to do, but everybody does it."
There you have it. Throughout the world America is famous as a magnet for illegal immigrants. You can be sure al Queda and Hezebola pick up on this years ago.
Notice, too, that the article said "the day he arrived in Egypt ..."
I did a double-take on that one when I saw it earlier. Where did he come FROM? I'm hoping it was just a misspeak and should have said "the day he arrived [in the US] *from* Egypt ..."
It's sometimes hard to tell stupidity or carelessness from evildoing.