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.