Why wasn't Aldosary deported? Did someone intercede on his behalf? If so, who, and on what grounds? Or was this just another in a seemingly endless line of accommodations to Muslims and Islam by the Obama Administration -- accommodations that were probably designed to show good will and discourage terrorism? We can see from this incident how spectacularly this endeavor has succeeded. Not that anyone in Washington would dare contemplate abandoning it, no matter what the failure rate may be.
"Arizona bomber was rejected for citizenship by Homeland Security for 'terrorism-related activity," by Patrick Poole for PJ Media, December 6:
Back on Sunday I broke the news here at PJ Media of the arrest of Abdullatif Aldosary in connection of the bombing of a Social Security Administration office in Casa Grande, Arizona last Friday morning. I noted that while the bombing and Aldosary’s arrest had received gained local news coverage, there was a virtual blackout by the national media on the Iraqi refugee’s identity.Yesterday I reported on details provided to the federal court on Monday during Aldosary’s initial court hearing, which included information on what was found in Aldosary’s home when the FBI conducted a search of his Coolidge, Arizona home last Friday night. Among the items recovered were a bomb making manual that had been hidden behind a photograph on the wall. Also discovered were an AK-47 and a 9mm Ruger handgun, along with more than a thousand rounds of ammunition. Kerry Picket at the Washington Times also reported that they recovered several gallons of chemicals typically used in bomb making.
When authorities checked Aldosary’s bank statements, it revealed that he had more than $20,000 despite the fact that he was a convicted felon, only worked as a day laborer, and had no visible means of supporting himself sufficient to warrant having that kind of bankroll.
But a bombshell report today based on information obtained by Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ), who had received a request from Aldosary in November 2011 for assistance in obtaining a “green card”.
According to today’s news report, the Department of Homeland Security responded to Gosar’s request on behalf of Aldosary last year by saying that he was ineligible for a change in status because of “terrorism-related grounds of inadmissibility”:
Gosar said DHS responded by saying Aldosary was not eligible for a permanent change to citizenship “pursuant to the terrorism-related grounds of inadmissibility, and that “individuals who engage in terrorism-related activity … are barred from receiving various immigration benefits.”
DHS did not elaborate on what the activity was. Gosar wrote that to be barred from permanent status, under federal law the immigrant must have engaged in activity “indicating an intention to cause death or serious bodily injury, a terrorist activity; to prepare or plan a terrorist activity; to gather information on potential targets for terrorist activity” or belong to “a terrorist organization” among other actions.
In light of the Casa Grande bombing, Gosar questioned why Aldosary was not detained and processed for deportation in November 2011, after it was determined he had engaged in terrorism-related activity.
Why indeed? Read it all.
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Denying this muslim terrorist citizenship but allowing him to remain in the country makes what kind of sense? I feel so secure knowing that DHS is on top of things; what a relief! Why this extraneous, useless bureaucracy even exists is beyond me but one thing is certain---it's here to stay. Those government 'workers' need their fat paychecks and bloated pensions, compliments of the under taxed American citizens, most of whom will never earn as much and will have to get by on social security when they retire.
Imagine the money that could be saved if the federal government was cut in half. Three fourths of it is unnecessary, superfluous, and useless but I would be delighted to see just half of it gone.