"[They] point to the fact that four of the 9/11 terrorists, all of whom had violated immigration laws, were stopped for speeding before their attack. Had the police officers asked the right questions, terrorists could have been arrested under current law — but not under the Senate bill.
The classic case is Ziad Jarrah, who was at the controls of United Flight 93 when passengers fought the terrorists and the plane crashed in the Pennsylvania countryside. Jarrah was an illegal alien from Lebanon who had violated U.S. immigration laws but had avoided apprehension by authorities until he was stopped on Sept. 9, 2001, for speeding in Maryland on his way from Baltimore to join his confederates in Newark.
Nawaf al-Hazmi, the 9/11 plot’s second in command, also had been stopped for speeding April 1, 2001. The visa on his Saudi Arabian passport had expired 8½ months earlier, but the Oklahoma patrolman did not ask to see it."
http://www.unionleader.com/article.aspx?articleId=b86b2024-9ffb-41f2-a7e0-4e2e479b4db8&headline=Robert+Novak%3a+The+Senate%e2%80%99s+immigration+bill+gives+terrorists+a+break%22%27%25%3c%3e%3a%24
2006-07-06
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