- While the majority of illegals are of Hispanic origin,
Border Patrol agents increasingly are picking up people from Middle Eastern
countries. Said one agent, "about one in every 10 that we catch is
from a country like Yemen or Egypt."
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- This increase in illegal aliens of Arab descent concerns
law enforcement officials who are combatting terrorism. Arizona, in fact,
appears to have been the home of a "sleeper cell" of Osama bin
Laden's worldwide terrorist organization, with a select group of operatives
living quietly in bland apartment complexes and obtaining flight training
in preparation for the Sept. 11 attack. The organization's known history
in the state goes back nine years. Terror experts say the activities of
at least three part-time Arizona residents fit the pattern of the al-Qaida
terrorist network.
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- Potential terrorists, stealing across the border, had
been predicted well in advance of the World Trade Center disaster. In a
May 1, 2000, Report to Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives,
the General Accounting Office reported, "Alien smuggling is a significant
and growing problem. Some are smuggled as part of a criminal or terrorist
enterprise that can pose a serious threat to U.S. national security."
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- Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colo., (chairman of the Congressional
Immigration Reform Caucus) in an Oct. 9 speech to the House of Representatives,
stated, "It's almost incredible to recognize, as part of the overall
strategy this government is going to employ to deal with the issue of terrorism,
that we would not concentrate heavily on securing our borders and try to
do everything humanly possible to stop people, who have evil intent, from
coming into the United States."
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