Wednesday, December 14, 2005
Hopefully they only came to...pick oranges or something. That's OK for illegal immigrants to be here for, right? (Not in my view, but be that as it may...) Even if they were all college professors and intellectuals, no one should be entering this country, especially from the Middle East, withour a big-time background check.
Jordanian admits human smuggling - More than 200 Iraqis and Jordanians illegally entered U.S.
Thaer Omran Ismail Asaifi, 35, admitted in U.S. District Court to participating in a conspiracy in which about 200 Iraqis and Jordanians paid as much as $20,000 each to enter the United States.
Authorities said they were given false documents and traveled from Amman through Peru and Ecuador to Washington's Dulles International Airport. Officials said they found no link to terrorism.
The smuggling operation began months before the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and continued through 2004, authorities said. After the attacks the smugglers more than doubled their price.
Under the plea agreement, Asaifi faces a sentence of six to eight years in prison, and then will be deported...
