Are terrorists trying to blend into the Mexican culture in an attempt to later harm the U.S.?

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CNSNews.com) - The chief law enforcement officers of several Texas counties along the southern U.S. border warn that Arabic-speaking individuals are learning Spanish and integrating into Mexican culture before paying smugglers to sneak them into the United States. The Texas Sheriffs' Border Coalition believes those individuals are likely terrorists and that drug cartels and some members of the Mexican military are helping them get across the border.

Sheriff Sigifredo Gonzalez of Zapata County, Texas told Cybercast News Service that Iranian currency, military badges in Arabic, jackets and other clothing are among the items that have been discovered along the banks of the Rio Grande River. The sheriff also said there are a substantial number of individuals crossing the southern border into the U.S. who are not Mexican. He described the individuals in question as well-funded and able to pay so-called "coyotes" - human smugglers - large sums of money for help gaining illegal entry into the U.S.

Although many of the non-Mexican illegal aliens are fluent in Spanish, Gonzalez said they speak with an accent that is not native.

"It's clear these people are coming in for reasons other than employment," Gonzalez said.

That sentiment is shared by Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-Colo.).

"For years, Muslims and other 'Special Interest Aliens' from places other than Mexico have been streaming into the U.S. across our porous border," Tancredo told Cybercast News Service. "These people are not paying $50,000 or more a head just to 'take jobs no American will do.'

"Terrorists are working round the clock to infiltrate the United States," he added. "Congress and this administration must address this gaping hole in our national security and they must do it now."

Some of the more high profile pieces of evidence pointing to terrorist infiltration of the U.S. have been uncovered in Jim Hogg County, Texas, which experiences a high volume of smuggling activity, according to local law enforcement.

"We see patches on jackets from countries where we know al Qaeda to be active," Gonzalez explained.

The patches appear to be military badges with Arabic lettering. One patch in particular, discovered this past December, caught the attention of federal homeland security officials, according to Gonzalez and local officials familiar with the investigation.

Sheriff Wayne Jernigan of Valverde County, Texas, told members of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee in March about one patch that read "midnight mission" and displayed an airplane flying over a building heading towards a tower. Translators with DHS have said some of the various phrases and slogans on the items could mean "martyr," "way to eternal life," or "way to immortality. "

Gonzalez told the House International Relations Subcommittee on International Terrorism and Nonproliferation in July that the terrorists are getting smarter.

"To avoid apprehension, we feel many of these terrorists attempt to blend in with persons of Hispanic origin when entering the country." Gonzalez stated. "We feel that terrorists are already here and continue to enter our country on a daily basis."

Sheriff Arvin West of Hudspeth County, Texas, told Cybercast News Service that he believes some Mexican soldiers are operating in concert with the drug cartels to aid the terrorists.

"There's no doubt in my mind," he said, "although the Mexican government and our government adamantly deny it."

Statistics made available through the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) show more than 40,000 illegal aliens from countries "Other Than Mexico," designated as OTMs, were apprehended by the U.S. Border Patrol in the period ranging from October 2003 to June 2004, as they attempted to cross the southwestern border. An overview of border security challenges produced through the office of Texas Gov. Rick Perry indicates that almost 120,000 OTMs were apprehended while attempting to cross into the state from January through July 2005.

Local authorities are particularly concerned about illegal aliens arriving from Special Interest Countries (SICs) where a radical version of Islam is known to flourish. Perry's office cites Iraq, Iran, Indonesia and Bangladesh among those countries. A Tancredo spokesperson said the list also includes Afghanistan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Somalia and Yemen.

As Cybercast News Service previously reported an internal audit of DHS that combines the number of illegal aliens arriving from SICs with the documented instances of illegal aliens arriving from countries identified as being state sponsors of terrorism (SSTs) yields a grand total of over 90,000 such illegal aliens who have been apprehended during the five year period from fiscal year 2001 to fiscal year 2005.

The border security report delivered by Perry's office focuses attention on the "Triborder region" of Latin America, which spans an area between Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay.

"The Triborder Region is a focal point of Islamic extremism," the report states. "Al Qaeda leadership plans to use criminal alien smuggling organizations to bring terrorist operatives across the border into the U.S."

Carlos Espinosa, a press spokesman for Tancredo, said his office is aware of a training camp in Brazil that actually teaches people from outside of Latin America how they can assimilate into the Mexican culture.

"They come up as illegal aliens and disguise themselves as potential migrant workers," Espinosa said.

Copyright 1998-2006 Cybercast News Service

Lalalousie, or whatever....you are just pissed because you can't handle the truth.

Answer 1

Yes i believe that they are and have posed as another race just to get into america so that they can do more damage and cause more heartache and trouble for us. They say that they are not through with us. before we know it and if we are not careful and stop them at our boarders then we will eventually become a muslim nation. So we must take our stand and fight for our country by flooding the white house with letters and petitions to get the boarders to become more safe and to keep those who wish to do us harm out of our country.

Answer 2

There are people from across the globe who go the USA, who only go for one reason. Money. Don't fool yourself that it is just Mexicans. There are also a lot of immigrant groups who a significant portion of the population do not know English, nor do they have a desire to learn it. It isn't just Mexicans who live in ethnic pockets. Ever hear of China town? Most large cities have one. Polish also have huge neighborhoods. Most immigrants have communities where they tend to gravitate towards. It is natural to want to be with your own kind. Not everyone who goes to the USA wants to be an American citizen, or even assimilate into the culture. Most don't. If you want to stop illegal Mexicans (as this is the only group you refer to) then you need to nip it in the bud. At the source. If the jobs were not there, then the main incentive would be gone. Go after the American employers who hire these people. Make it hurt. Next is sooner or later the US will have to amend it's precious constitution. Yeah I know..it is a living document that is as relevant today as the day it was drafted. That is the reason why so many jump the border to deliver their babies in the US. So their children have American citizenship. Donna

Answer 3

Thats the truth and it seems that some(lajalouisie) just cant or wont see that America must do something to protect the nationas a whole from these criminals and potential terrorists.
If the people who advocate for open immigration are so fond of the people who are infiltrating our country, then why dont they give up their U.S. citizenship and emigrate to the country of their choice to live amongst the people they so stubbornly defend. Let them make a change in the country of the people they love, because it is quite obvious to me that they do not have any loyalty to America.
America should be populated with people who have respect for America, not all these criminals and their supporters. Thats what I think.

America, love it or leave it!

Answer 4

YES YES YES YES YES ....What in the world is Bush doing, what is the House doing, what is the Senate doing to STOP this!!!

N O T H I N G but continous dithering !!!!

We "know" what the Far Left Wing Radical ACLU Adoring Liberal Democrats are doing...They are inviting them over and defending their access to all Rights, Welfare and Protection as "Illegals" over bonafide US citizens!

That's the mission of the Democratic Liberals and the infamous Anti-Ameriocan ACLU encouraging the Illegals to come on over the Welfare's fine!!!!!

Answer 5

whoa.... why is it that if a guy is muslim, he must be a terrorist.
I don't deny that some of the middle-eastern people hate america,
but not all, and I don't think they're that stupid to bring their
"Irak Jackets" all the way to the Mex-American border, In My opinion, Its a lot of bullsh*t, but that's just me.

Answer 6

Yes, there's considerable evidence that terrorists merge with the herds of mexicans migrating north to gain entry to the US.

Answer 7

they cant do any more harm then the Mexicans have already done

you blame tourist on our war and such its more the fa ch bush just wanted revenge no more no less

he know about the crashes nothing was done, just like this whole immigration stuff nothing is done, but hey he hasn't got much longer to go seeing his term is just about up

Answer 8

That is the point. We don't know who comes in.