Just wonderful
From
Yahoo/AP comes this story of Mr. Ashraf Ahmed Abdallah Bashar:
Egyptian man pleads guilty to smuggling dozens of people to U.S.
An Egyptian man has pleaded guilty to smuggling at least 100 men from the Middle East into the United States.
Ashraf Ahmed Abdallah Bashar, 37, admitted to leading a smuggling ring that brought 100 or more men from Middle Eastern countries into the U.S. from April 2001 through January 2002, officials from the Justice Department and the Homeland Security Department said. He pleaded guilty Friday in federal court before Magistrate Judge Deborah Robinson.
"Providing persons with unknown backgrounds undetected entry into our country is a threat to national security," said Alice Fisher, assistant attorney general in charge of the Justice Department's criminal division.
Abdallah admitted to arranging land transportation and guides into the U.S., as well as layovers at safe houses in Guatemala and Mexico, for up to $8,000, according to plea documents. He told the men how to avoid capture during their journey across the southwestern U.S. border, according to his plea.
Sentencing is scheduled for Oct. 24.
And of course, the people that he smuggled across were peaceful and only wanted to assimilate into the culture of the USA and to contribute to the sucess of this nation.
Makes you wonder how many others are running the same racket...
Posted by DaveH at April 30, 2006 12:42 PM