From my archive of press clippings:
AFP
US 'enemy's' secret weapon? The US passport, some say
Fri, May 07, 2010
AFP
US 'enemy's' secret weapon? The US passport, some say
NEW YORK - Islamist militants attacking the United States have a new secret weapon: the US passport.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"Everything from hijacked airliners to handguns have featured in attacks on US soil over the last decade. Maybe the slim, blue booklet labeled PASSPORT, and decorated in gold with an eagle, should be added to that list.
Certainly US passports allow militants to infiltrate the country in a way no foreign jihadist could ever match. And if a militant is caught, he gets the same legal protections as everyone else in the country he was trying to fight."
"Border controls have been severely tightened since the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon."
"So few disagree that a US passport might be valuable. It's also true that the number of citizens involved in terrorist incidents is steadily growing.
Faisal Shahzad, the suspect in the failed Times Square car bomb, entered the United States on a student visa a decade ago and was granted citizenship in 2009.
US Army Major Nidal Hasan, a devout Muslim disturbed by the US wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, gunned down 13 people and wounded 42 last November at the Fort Hood, Texas army base where he served.
Just a week ago a New York man, Sabirhan Hasanoff, was charged with helping Al-Qaeda.
Tellingly, this US citizen is accused by prosecutors, in part, of urging another citizen "not to use his US passport when traveling because a US passport with fewer immigration stamps would be more valuable to Al-Qaeda." "
"At issue is the question of what it means to be a citizen of one of the most open countries in the world - a country built on welcoming newcomers.
Some are using the fear of terrorism to push for a clampdown on the millions of illegal immigrants working and living productively here, often for years.
Proposals to grant those illegal immigrants amnesty "will legalize more terrorists," writes the right-wing Human Events."
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"The left-leaning New York Times warns that undermining the inalienable rights of citizenship means entering "dark territory." "
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Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Saturday, May 8, 2010
FN - Bomb Suspect's Citizenship Raises Questions About Naturalization Process
From my archive of press clippings:
Fox News
Bomb Suspect's Citizenship Raises Questions About Naturalization Process
FOXNews.com
Updated May 04, 2010
In this photo from the social networking site Orkut.com, a man who was identified by neighbors in Connecticut as Faisal Shahzad, is shown. (AP/Orkut.com)
The suspect in the Times Square car bombing attempt is the latest in a series of U.S. citizens and green card holders to be implicated in a terror plot inside the United States, raising questions about the naturalization process that turns foreigners into Americans.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"Several hurdles are in place for immigrants to attain U.S. citizenship and, in turn, its platinum-status passport. Pakistani-born suspect Faisal Shahzad, according to reports, passed clean through his security checks and became a U.S. citizen in April 2009. He first entered the United States on a student visa in the late 1990s.
An official with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services said "it's too early" to say whether any signs were missed in Shahzad's naturalization process. But the official acknowledged that any screening is just "a snapshot in time" and can't catch everything."
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"For those who come from outside the United States, the naturalization process is complicated and lengthy.
Applicants generally need a sponsor -- a relative, spouse or employer -- to get the green card. Then they have to wait between three and five years to qualify for citizenship.
The citizenship process includes not just background checks, but a citizenship test and final interview. The interview officer has the authority to reject the applicant at the end of the process or send him or her back for further review.
Click here to review the questions on the citizenship application form."
Fox News
Bomb Suspect's Citizenship Raises Questions About Naturalization Process
FOXNews.com
Updated May 04, 2010
In this photo from the social networking site Orkut.com, a man who was identified by neighbors in Connecticut as Faisal Shahzad, is shown. (AP/Orkut.com)
The suspect in the Times Square car bombing attempt is the latest in a series of U.S. citizens and green card holders to be implicated in a terror plot inside the United States, raising questions about the naturalization process that turns foreigners into Americans.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"Several hurdles are in place for immigrants to attain U.S. citizenship and, in turn, its platinum-status passport. Pakistani-born suspect Faisal Shahzad, according to reports, passed clean through his security checks and became a U.S. citizen in April 2009. He first entered the United States on a student visa in the late 1990s.
An official with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services said "it's too early" to say whether any signs were missed in Shahzad's naturalization process. But the official acknowledged that any screening is just "a snapshot in time" and can't catch everything."
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"For those who come from outside the United States, the naturalization process is complicated and lengthy.
Applicants generally need a sponsor -- a relative, spouse or employer -- to get the green card. Then they have to wait between three and five years to qualify for citizenship.
The citizenship process includes not just background checks, but a citizenship test and final interview. The interview officer has the authority to reject the applicant at the end of the process or send him or her back for further review.
Click here to review the questions on the citizenship application form."
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