Letting Terrorists Go

War On Terror: Homeland Security has caught and set free almost 500 illegal aliens from state sponsors of terror. Some on the loose may be planning the next 9/11.

We recently noted that the number of illegal aliens from countries other than Mexico numbered 180,000 from 2008 through mid-March. Many were from state sponsors of terror. We also noted that it hasn't escaped the notice of terrorist groups such as al-Qaida, Hezbollah and even the Taliban that our porous border with Mexico presented an opportunity to sneak their operatives into the United States.
According to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) database obtained by CNSNews through a Freedom Of Information request, even when illegal aliens from state sponsors of terror are caught inside our borders, they often fall through the cracks of an inept federal bureaucracy apparently unconcerned with protecting American citizens from harm.
In the last three years, the Department of Homeland Security caught and released 481 illegal aliens from nations designated as state sponsors of terrorism and "countries of interest," and those 481 are now fugitives. That may seem like a small number out of the thousands that arrive every day, but it took only 19 terrorists to fly passenger jets into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and target the White House or Congress.
After a Nigerian passenger dubbed the Christmas Day bomber almost succeeded in blowing up Northwest Flight 253 near Detroit, Nigeria and 13 other countries were put on a list whereby passengers from these countries flying into the U.S. would be subject to extra scrutiny and screening.
Ten of these countries — Afghanistan, Algeria, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Somalia and Yemen — were defined as "countries of interest." Four others — Cuba, Iran, Sudan and Syria — are listed as state sponsors of terror. Yet citizens from these countries routinely walk across or are brought across our southern border.
For the right price, human smugglers can bring anyone from any country and transport them to any city in the U.S. Certainly there's no shortage of sanctuary cities in which to hide.
When asked how such individuals, considered deportable, could be released on their own recognizance to disappear inside the U.S., an ICE spokeswoman said it's impossible to detain every illegal, so only those meeting mandatory detention requirements, such as having a criminal record, are kept in custody. Merely being from a state sponsor of terror or even a country of interest is not enough.
The breakdown of these fugitives is as follows: Cuba-137, Nigeria-97, Pakistan-87, Lebanon-34, Iran-29, Iraq-26, Somalia-22, Sudan-14, Syria-13, Yemen-8, Algeria-8, Afghanistan-4, Saudi Arabia-2 and Libya-0. The list should give anyone pause.
Border security is national security. The 9/11 Commission said the worst attack on American soil happened in part because of our lack of imagination: We couldn't conceive of young Islamic men flying passenger jets into buildings. We need to secure our borders, and those from countries known to be hot spots in the war on terror should not be released to walk the streets of America. Investors.com - Investors Business Daily

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