Yes, keeping illegal Mexicans immigrants out of the United States is a worthwhile goal. But, even more important is keeping terrorists out. Allahpundit points out this story which came out two days ago, and which I haven’t seen discussed anywhere. It seems that the terrorist group Hezbollah has been caught trying to smuggle terrorists into the United States from over the Mexican border. And, Al Qaeda operatives have been caught in the past doing the same.
FBI Director Robert Mueller said this week that his agency busted a smuggling ring organized by the terrorist group Hezbollah that had operatives cross the Mexican border to carry out possible terrorist attacks inside the U.S.
“This was an occasion in which Hezbollah operatives were assisting others with some association with Hezbollah in coming to the United States,†Mueller told a House Appropriations subcommittee during a Tuesday hearing on the FBI’s budget.
In a stunning revelation, Mueller admitted that Hezbollah had succeeded in smuggling some of its operatives across the border, telling the House committee: “That was an organization that we dismantled and identified those persons who had been smuggled in. And they have been addressed as well.â€ÂÂ
Hezbollah was responsible for the single most deadly terrorist attack against the U.S. before 9/11 – the Oct. 1983 bombing of the Marine barracks in Beirut, which killed 243 U.S. troops.
In November, an al-Qaida operative who was on the FBI’s terrorist watch list was captured near the Mexican border, housed in a Texas jail and turned over to federal agents, according to Rep. John Culberson, R-Texas.
“A confirmed al-Qaida terrorist, an Iraqi national, was held in the Brewster County jail,” Rep. Culberson told ABC Radio host Sean Hannity. “He was captured in Mexico. This was within the last six weeks. He was turned over to the FBI.”
