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Terrorists welcome!


It's not just Mexicans who joined the illegal immigrant illegal immigrant n. an alien (non-citizen) who has entered the United States without government permission or stayed beyond the termination date of a visa. (See: alien)  surge that began with President Bush's amnesty announcement in January. Border Patrol agents in McAllen, Texas, acting on a late-night tip, discovered 22 Chinese men who had been abandoned by human smugglers at a local motel.

"Although the Chinese nationals were economic migrants, their discovery August 16 in downtown McAllen left many with an uneasy feeling," observed syndicated columnist Inc.com defines a syndicated columnist as, "[A] person hired by publications or broadcast organizations to produce written or spoken commentary about specific feature subjects.  James Pinkerton James Pinkerton is a columnist, author, and political analyst. A graduate of Stanford University, he served on the White House staff under both Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush and on each of their presidential campaigns. . "If a large group of men seeking work could be moved across the Rio Grande undetected, why not a squad of terrorists?"

"It's so easy to get yourself across from Mexico, you just use the same routes as the dope traffickers," stated a federal agent in McAllen who requested anonymity. "And where's the money to be made bringing in a pound of marijuana or one Middle Easterner east·ern·er also East·ern·er  
n.
A native or inhabitant of the east, especially the eastern United States.


Easterner
Noun

a person from the east of a country or region

Noun 1.
 who'll pay $25,000?"
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Publication:The New American
Article Type:Brief Article
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Date:Oct 18, 2004
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