September 22, 2004

"Illegals detained at border released onto U.S. streets"

The government has no idea how many of the thousands of illegal aliens from terrorist-sponsoring states it has caught at the U.S. border and released back onto America's streets were terrorists or had ties to terror groups.

...more than 4,000 people from countries identified by the State Department as terrorism sponsors or national security concerns [Saudi Arabia, Syria, Iran, North Korea, China, Pakistan, Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan, Afghanistan, Yemen and Somalia] were apprehended since 2000 and that "an unknown number" were released back into the United States...

"The Department of Homeland Security's answers about border security and enforcement do not inspire confidence," [Sen. Charles E. Grassley (R-IA)] said...

Mr. Grassley, who said the department did not provide any information to show "any serious or meaningful effort" to remedy the problems, said Homeland Security officials also maintained an "alarming" policy of releasing thousands of OTMs after their capture.

Posted to Immigration_terror at September 22, 2004 11:30 AM

Comments

The administration doesn't see the far-ranging pincers motion, closing in around them, with their opponents positioning themselves to denounce the failure to retain terrorist suspects on immigration charges. If an explosive October surprise is pulled off also by some whom they had in custody for immigration violations, but released, their opponents won't need long to make the blame stick like tar. Moslem religious war leaders would do almost anything to be able to say that they are great power-brokers in the world, and such as can turn American elections at will. The administration may then say; but we're all about compassion. That will not reassure the electorate; they will not forgive in those circumstances.

Posted by: John S Bolton at September 22, 2004 08:48 PM