Category: Africa

Debbie Schlussel obtained the affidavit in the Somali illegal alien case

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This is a further update on the case of the 270 Somali illegal aliens who have come into the US across the Mexican border (the 270 we know of!). Hat tip:  Janet   See the affidavit and Schlussel’s commentary here.   Schlussel makes these important points in her introduction to the post:

Anthony Joseph Tracy a/k/a Yusuf Tracy a/k/a Yusuf Noor (strangely none of the press reports use his Muslim names–why?) sold out America, after converting to Islam in prison in the 1990s. Then, he went to Somalia, made contact with Harakat Al-Shabaab Mujahideen a/k/a Al-Shabaab, the Somalian chapter of Al Qaeda, and helped the group smuggle in 270 Somali Muslims–likely all Islamic terrorists–into America. And I’m sure he isn’t the only one doing this. Just the only we’ve caught.

Once again I will remind new readers that the US State Department is beefing up the Somali refugee numbers for this fiscal year.  6000 who could not get along with other camp inhabitants are on the way from Uganda and inside sources indicate that as many as a total of 13,000 Somalis are in the pipeline from around the world.  We even bring illegal alien Somalis that arrive in Malta to the US (Update:  I see more are on the way from Malta just today, here)

If you work with Somalis or have any interaction with them and learn of some mysterious new arrival(s) (the 270 possible al-Shabaab jihadists have surely melted into cities with large Somali populations*), you must contact authorities. 

*Of course the top of the list is Minneapolis.  But, other cities with large Somali populations include:  Seattle, WA, San Diego, CA, Phoenix, AZ, Lewiston and Portland, ME, Boston, MA, Columbus, OH, Rochester, MN, Atlanta, GA, Nashville, TN, Greeley and Ft. Morgan, CO, Grand Island, NE, and Kansas City, MO (those are just the ones off the top of my head!).

For new readers:

For information on Somali missing youths, American citizens who have gone to Somalia to learn the Jihad trade, some leaving through Mexico, use those search words.  We have written dozens of stories on the case.  For more on Al-shabaab (sometimes spelled Al-shabab) also use our search function.

The US State Department has admitted over 80,000 Somali refugees to the US (this linked post continues to be one of the most widely read posts we have ever written) in the last 25 years and then in 2008 had to suspend family reunification because widespread immigration fraud was revealed through DNA testing.  That specific program has not yet been reopened (that we know of), but will be soon. 

Nevertheless, thousands of Somali Muslims continue to be resettled as I write this. We recently learned that we will be taking 6000 Somalis this year from one camp in Uganda and as many as 11,000-13,000 total from around the world.

Update on those 270 Somali illegal aliens roaming America

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No, they haven’t been found (that we know of), but Michael Cutler writing at Family Security Matters makes a very good point.  If indeed, as the International Rescue Committee estimated (see original story), it would cost upwards of $30,000 each for Somalis to take a circuitous route to the Mexican border, would that make any sense?

$30,000 is a significant sum of money for the average American. For an alien from Somalia, this amount of money is stratospheric. It would be hard to imagine that someone who simply seeks to work illegally in a menial job would be able to put that sort of money together or that it would be financially sensible to do so. The question is, “Who paid for the travel expenses for these illegal aliens and why?”

Wouldn’t we all like to know the answers!

Malta citizen: send them all to Sweden!

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We’ve been following the sad tale from Malta since we first began RRW in 2007.  The tiny island nation is taking the brunt of the illegal immigrant flow out of countries such as Libya.    Here is the latest update.  Apparently the EU border agency, Frontex, is to be beefed up but it continues to be squishy on the issue of returning illegal aliens to their country of departure.  Citizens of Malta are fed up as many of the comments attest:

From Charles Sammut:

With liberals like Cecilia Malmström* calling the shots, Malta is doomed to be part of the African Union in 5 years’ time.

What about our human rights? Or are we not human any more and the right to live peacefully in our country amongst our kith and kin and decide our future for ourselves has been devolved to the eurobrats in Brussels. Do we have to wait until there is serious civil unrest to wake up? By which time it will be too late.

*Cecilia Malmström is the Home Commissioner of the EU and obviously is Swedish.

And here is commenter Louise Vella:

Malta’s security and social cohesion should not be left in the hands of Swedes who do not care about Malta. The Maltese, especially the common people of Malta, are the best judges of what is best for Malta. Nobody has consulted them to see if they want an unending influx of African boat people settling in Malta as illegal immigrants with the excuse that they are refugees. We know the story and we know that asylum applicants have a long history of telling untruths to increase the likelihood of their acceptance. See the reports of the Refugee Commissioner and of the Refugees Appeals Board.

If the Swedes want to turn their country into an African colony it’s up to them. They can take all of Africa’s 1 000 million inhabitants, especially as they have enough space for them in Sweden. But they should not try to off-load them on to Malta.

As we reported many times, Sweden is already busy destroying itself with its immigration policy, see this post just a few days ago.

The Malta Magnet

The US State Department has exacerbated Malta’s problems by providing a carrot for illegal immigrants to try to reach Malta—they might be magically transformed into “refugees” and moved to a town near you.  You can thank Bush Administration Ambassador Tea Party Molly (that is not tea party as in the new political movement in the US) and now the Obama Ambassador to Malta, Republican traitor, Douglas Kmiec, here.

ICE looking for 270 illegal Somalis who could be connected to Al-Shabaab

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Update June 26th: Tracy appeals his probation, here.

Update June 11th: Two indicted in Kenya for helping Tracy get Somalis to the US, here.

Update June 5th: Tracy walks—he is a free man today!  Read about it here.

Update May 17th: Tracy’s trial opens today in Virginia, here.

Update April 29th: Maybe we found one, here.

Update February 26th: Debbie Schlussel has obtained the affidavit, here.

Update February 25th: Writer asks why you would spend $30,000 just to get a menial job in the US, here.

Update February 24th: Fox News is reporting more details on this case, be sure to read this!

A Virginia man has admitted he helped 270 Somalis, possibly with terrorist connections, get into the US by crossing the Mexican border. None have been found, but all are believed to have blended into states with large Somali or African refugee populations.  Hat tip:  Richard Falknor at Blue Ridge Forum who just yesterday noted that few at CPAC last week discussed National Security.

From the Washington Examiner today:

Authorities are searching for 270 Somalis believed to have entered the U.S. illegally with the help of a Virginia man who admitted contacts with an Islamic terrorist group.

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent said his agency had yet to locate any of the suspected illegal immigrants.

According to an affidavit filed in Alexandria’s federal court, Anthony Joseph Tracy told authorities that he came in contact with the Somali terrorist organization Al-Shabaab, which announced an alliance with al Qaeda earlier this year.

ICE Agent Thomas Eyre testified during a hearing that authorities are “concerned” about the 35-year-old’s dealings with the group.

In an e-mail, Tracy reportedly wrote, “i helped alot of somalis and most are good but there are some who are bad and i leave them to ALLAH,” the affidavit said.

Are they in your state?

Eyre testified that authorities had not yet tracked down any of the Somalis whom Tracy allegedly helped travel to the U.S. The affidavit says Tracy’s e-mails, combined with information on Facebook, show that the Somalis have spread across the country and are living in New York, North Carolina, Tennessee, Minnesota and Arizona.  [Other states with large Somali populations are California, Ohio, Maine, Virginia, Colorado, Nebraska and Washington state—ed]

A circuitous trip involving Kenya, Cuba and Mexico among other stops!  We reported on this route previously here.

Eyre indicated authorities are trying to find the Somalis and determine whether they’re associated with Al-Shabaab. An ICE spokeswoman said she could not comment on an ongoing investigation. The Somalis are believed to have entered the United States through the border with Mexico after making a circuitous trip from Kenya to Dubai to Moscow to Cuba to South America to Mexico and then the U.S., Eyre testified.

Then we have the naive (or is it purposefully duplicitous) Refugees International that is complicit in encouraging other illegal Somalis to come here over  many years as part of the now suspended fraudulent Family Reunification program (where the State Department admits as many as 36,000 Africans entered the US illegally) running their mouths about how could those poor people get all that money!   Shut up, would you!  Terrorists have access to money!

Vanessa Parra, a spokeswoman for Refugees International, estimated the trip could cost as much as $30,000. “It would be difficult for most Somalis to get that kind of money,” she said.

Tracy split to Kenya in April.  That means these possible Somali terrorists have had ten months to disappear into a town near you.

Tracy, who moved to Kenya in April from Winchester, is accused of helping the Somalis move to the United States by getting them travel visas to Cuba through contacts he had at the Cuban Embassy, court documents said. The visas were issued using fraudulent information Tracy allegedly provided his contacts. Authorities say Tracy knew that the U.S. was the Somalis’ intended final destination.

For new readers:

For information on Somali missing youths, American citizens who have gone to Somalia to learn the Jihad trade, some leaving through Mexico, use those search words.  We have written dozens of stories on the case.  For more on Al-shabaab (sometimes spelled Al-shabab) also use our search function.

The US State Department has admitted over 80,000 Somali refugees to the US (this linked post continues to be one of the most widely read posts we have ever written) in the last 25 years and then in 2008 had to suspend family reunification because widespread immigration fraud was revealed through DNA testing.  That specific program has not yet been reopened (that we know of), but will be soon.

Nevertheless, thousands of Somali Muslims continue to be resettled as I write this. We recently learned that we will be taking 6000 Somalis this year from one camp in Uganda and as many as 11,000-13,000 total from around the world.

So-called Somali recruiter fights extradition in the Netherlands

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The US is trying to extradite Mohamud Said Omar who some of the Somali youths in Minnesota have fingered as the “recruiter” who helped the Somali missing youths (some dead youths now) leave the good life in the US and return to Somalia in order to learn the Islamic Jihad trade.

We told you about this guy previously here.  Apparently he was a “refugee” we resettled in Rochester, MN.  I often wonder how refugee resettlement workers feel when they hear someone they resettled and helped turns out to be a terrorist bag man (alleged terrorist).

From AP via the New York Times:

ROTTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) — Lawyers for a Somali man fighting extradition to the U.S. on terrorism charges stemming from a case in Minneapolis argued in a Dutch court Monday he is innocent and should be released.

Mohamud Said Omar, 44, is suspected of providing money to the Somali Islamist group al-Shabab that was used to buy guns. Around 20 youths of Somali descent are believed to have traveled to Somalia from Minnesota since 2007 to help the group, which the U.S. says has ties to al-Qaida.

Omar’s lawyers say he never intended to help terrorists.

”In any case Omar denies that he has ever been involved in any way whatsoever with the financing of terrorism,” his lawyer Bart Stapert said.

Omar has been held in a high-security Dutch prison since his arrest at the request of the U.S. government in November. He has residency in the U.S. but had been living in a center for would-be asylum seekers in the Netherlands since December 2008, apparently before he was a suspect. 

A total of 14 people have been charged in the ongoing U.S. federal investigation into the travels of as many as 20 young men who went to Somalia to fight over a period of two years starting in 2007. They face a variety of accusations from recruiting and raising funds for the trips, to engaging in terrorist acts in Somalia and perjury.

For new readers:

For more on the Somali missing youths, use those search words.  We have written dozens of stories on the case.

The US State Department has admitted over 80,000 Somali refugees to the US (this linked post continues to be one of the most widely read posts we have ever written) in the last 25 years and then last year had to suspend family reunification because widespread immigration fraud was revealed through DNA testing.  That specific program has not yet been reopened (that we know of), but will be soon. 

Nevertheless, thousands of Somali Muslims continue to be resettled as I write this. We recently learned that we will be taking 6000 Somalis this year from one camp in Uganda and as many as 11,000-13,000 total from around the world.