Yesterday the Associated Press published a story, “Feds think man aided terror suspects through Texas,” citing government documents in a current federal court proceeding against a suspected terrorist operative who smuggled Somali terrorists into the U.S.:
Federal officials believe members of East African terrorist groups sneaked into the U.S. after a Somali man now in custody helped them get through Mexico and Texas, according to a newspaper report.
A Justice Department memo and other documents obtained by the San Antonio Express-News said federal authorities believe that Ahmed Muhammed Dhakane helped “violent jihadists” slip across the border, but they don’t know where they are now.
Does any of this sound familiar? It should if you’re a regular PJ Media reader since I broke the story here last week.
Cheers to the AP and the San Antonio Express-News for catching up to us in less than a week, but jeers to the AP for failing to mention who broke the story and exactly where they obtained the court documents. The government sentencing memorandum in the case that we provided first to PJM readers can be found here.
Yes, cheers for FINALLY covering the story. Once.
But both news outlets will be right back to running stories of poor, oppressed illegal aliens facing nasty, evil, oppression from those racist Tea Party types.
They will also go right back to ignoring their own reporting and denying that terrorists are crossing the border along with the merely criminal invaders.
Maybe Harry Reid can unleash some of that Cowboy Poetry on them and make ‘em run for the border.
Sorry to hear that the government now knows the Mexico route and that my friends can no longer enter into the U.S. for $3000 only. I knew about this route for years and now I’m hearing court rulings and media coverage about Somalis entering in the U.S. via Mexico.
My friends did enter to the U.S after obtaining – and get this irony -a “Must Leave Country” order notification certificate from Mexican authorities which they later used to show to the U.S. Immigration that they cannot stay in Mexico and cannot be sent back to the other side of the border again! This letter plus the fact that Somalia is no place to send back immigrants (refugees) is basically what allows them to apply for refugee status in the United States once they cross!
PajamasMedia should takes notes and its readers should find one of “us” to tell the whole story!
Some cool facts -
Fees:
Flight + Visa + First ‘Router’ Contact to South American Country is $2500+
Long distance across countries trip by bus from landing in South America to Mexico $1100+ (This includes walking of about one week by foot -ouch gotta hurt after while ..but walking for days? gotta kill
Crossing the U.S. Border – not sure about this one but must cost some fees to those helping you cross! I wouldn’t put it any less than $1000
Getting caught by the U.S Border agents – Priceless because you get investigated then sent to jail for a few months and your file is passed over to the Immigration department..