Feds find network bringing Syrians illegally across
southern border, by Ann Corcoran, 4/20/18
I’ve
written many times over the years about how the world (not just Mexicans and
Central Americans) is arriving at our southern border to seek asylum (if
caught). I’ve mentioned Somalis and Iraqis on other occasions and now it
is Syrians according to a report in the Washington Times (hat tip: Joanne).
You
might want to visit a post I wrote in 2011 in which I suggest the illegals
know how to use the system and ask for asylum because they were taught the system.
I believe there exists a cabal of immigration lawyers working closely with our
usual gang of NGOs facilitating the process.
Washington Times:
The Treasury Department
slapped sanctions Wednesday on a Syrian man and his criminal syndicate, blaming
them for smuggling “hundreds” of illegal immigrants from Syria and Lebanon into
Mexico and then helping them to jump the border into the U.S.
I’m not one of those wishing to oust
Attorney General Sessions. This is the kind of work I want him to do. How
we handle immigration is more significant for America’s future then if he was
embroiled in the Russian meddling non-issue.
Nasif Barakat and his syndicate, which authorities labeled the Barakat
Transnational Criminal Organization, charged about $20,000 to complete the
smuggling. The
money paid for bribes and for fake documents, including false European
passports, to help illegal immigrants hide their identities. The fees also
covered transportation from Syria through other Middle Eastern countries to
South and Central America, the journey north through Mexico, and final help
sneaking into the U.S.
“The day I was sworn in as attorney general, President Trump sent me an
Executive Order to dismantle transnational criminal organizations,” said
Attorney General Jeff Sessions. “Many of these organizations use human
smugglers to bring people across our borders with little regard to their safety
or our national sovereignty.”
The
Treasury Department said his network would recruit customers from Syria and
Lebanon, send them through either Turkey or the United Arab Emirates, where
they would catch flights to Brazil, then make their way north through
Venezuela, Colombia and Panama, then up through Central America and Mexico.
That
turns out to be a common route for people being smuggled from terrorist-connected
countries. Build the wall!
Norb
Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader
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