Leftists, at war with reality as always, continue to insist that there is absolutely no national security aspect of the immigration issue.
“The Back Story Behind Hezbollah ‘Sleeper’ Arrested In NYC By Joint Terrorism Task Force,” by Michael Cutler, Jewish Voice, October 3, 2019:
A “sleeper” is an alien who, in one way or another, manages to enter the United States, either legally or illegally, and then maintains a low profile, hiding in plain sight until he/she is called into action to carry out terror attacks or support terror attacks in the United States.
Often sleeper agents may also conduct surveillance, amass supplies or otherwise engage in preparatory functions for future deadly terror attacks.
On September 19, 2019 the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York issued a press release entitled, “Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Indictment Of New Jersey Man For Terrorist Activities On Behalf Of Hizballah’s Islamic Jihad Organization.” The subtitle of that press release provides more disturbing information. Alexei Saab Allegedly Was Trained by Hizballah’s External Terrorist Operations Component in Bomb-Making and Conducted Intelligence-Gathering in New York City and Washington, D.C., and Elsewhere in Support of Hizballah’s Attack-Planning Efforts….
To begin with, according to the allegations, Saab joined Hezbollah in 1996 and legally entered the United States nearly 20 years ago, in 2000. There was no mention as to the visa he used to enter the United States but it was disclosed that he applied for U.S. citizenship in 2005 and was subsequently naturalized in 2008.
In 2005 he traveled to Turkey to receive training in weapons, explosives and surveillance techniques and to be debriefed by his handlers about the results of his surveillance of potential terror targets in New York City, Washington, DC and elsewhere and that during one of his trips outside the United States he tried, unsuccessfully, at Hezbollah’s direction, to kill a man they believed to be an Israeli intelligence agent.
For nearly 20 years this sleeper agent lived quietly among his neighbors in New Jersey. However, his ultimate goal was to participate in a deadly terror attack to slaughter many victims.
If not for the work of the law enforcement officers who ultimately, through information provided by an informant, it is entirely possible that he would have gone on to carry out a deadly attack….