FINGERPRINTS IN TERROR CASE UNCHECKED
Waad Ramadan Alwan had been granted refugee status for an undisclosed reason and spent two years in the U.S. plotting to help al-Qaida kill American soldiers. Meanwhile, federal authorities unknowingly had evidence linking the Iraqi refugee to a roadside bomb inIraq in 2005. Alwan and another Iraqi refugee living in Bowling Green, KY were charged with plotting to send explosives, guns and missiles to Iraqi insurgents.Iraqis seeking refugee status in the U.S. can either apply for the Refugee Admissions Program and the other is via a special exemption that is made for assisting the U.S. military. Nearly 19,000 Iraqi refugees were allowed into the U.S. in 2009 alone.
Department of Homeland Security officials claim that the gaps allowing Alwan and Hammadi to sneak into the country have already been filled following backtracking by the agency after the arrest of the underwear bomber, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, in Detroit on Christmas 2009. It is unknown how many people are linked to terrorism that entered the U.S. before 2009 because their fingerprints have not been checked nor are their prints on file in any database.
Despite the dangers posed to our country from legal and illegal immigrants sanctuary cities continue to boycott and protest the mandatory participation in the Secure Communities program which checks fingerprints of persons arrested against the records of various federal agencies.
