I predict this will be one of many stories from now into the future about Muslims who received asylum being involved in terror plots against the United States.
The refugee industry knows that the number of refugees admitted to the US in coming years will necessarily be diminished, and so the the big push by the Leftists in the open borders movement (including some among the federal refugee contractors) is to encourage the asylum process. Indeed I have theorized*** on these pages that the volags and NGOs are actually helping people get to our borders and then instructing them to ask for asylum.
From Bloomberg News (Synagogue targeted by Islamic extremists) Hat tip, Ed:
New York police arrested two men who allegedly plotted a terrorist attack on an unidentified, major synagogue in Manhattan, authorities said.
Ahmed Ferhani, 26, a native of Algeria, and Moroccan immigrant Mohamed Mamdouh, 20, both residents of Queens, New York, were arrested in a sting operation last night after allegedly paying an undercover police agent for two Browning semi-automatic pistols, a Smith & Wesson revolver, ammunition and a grenade that they didn’t know was deactivated.
The men were described as “Islamic extremists” by Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr., who said at a news conference today that the two suspects “did it for Jihad.”
Ferhani, who was unemployed, said “he was fed up with the way Muslims were being treated around the world,” New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said at the news conference, citing recordings of Ferhani made by the undercover agent. “They’re treating us like dogs,” Ferhani allegedly said.
I wonder does he know about the Israeli dogs? But, I digress!
The heck with the melting pot—it’s the jihad stupid!
Ferhani would have been a boy of about ten years old when his parents received asylum (all you have to do is arrive here, and claim you are being persecuted back home), so he was clearly radicalized here and obviously didn’t buy into the American dream—two kids, a car, a job and a house—gee I wonder why?
Ferhani came to the U.S. in 1995 from Algeria with two siblings and his parents, who secured asylum, Kelly said. Ferhani, who was granted permanent residency under the asylum claim, has lived in Queens since, Kelly said. He was arrested at least once before and has served time in New York’s jail on Rikers Island, Kelly said.
Mamdouh, a livery service dispatcher, is a U.S. citizen by virtue of his parents’ naturalization.
***When I attended the 30th anniversary celebration of the Refugee Act of 1980 in 2010, it was evident that attendees had shifted some focus over to the afterthought-portion of that Act—the asylum process. This is from a recent post, here.
In March of 2010, I attended the 30th anniversary celebration of the passage of the Refugee Resettlement Act of 1980. Here is one post I wrote at the time. I wondered then about how much of the conference was being devoted to talking about these immigration courts and asylum generally. Now I realize that they have been at this for some time—expanding the use of the asylum process to get more and more immigrants into the US. A program that was originally expected to allow the odd ballet dancer to defect (according to Doris Meissner mentioned here) has become a major avenue for bringing third worlders into the US—heck, I guess the refugee program at 80,000 or so a year wasn’t doing it fast enough.
Asylum! Remember that word!