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| Mexico Holds 11 Iraqis With Fake Papers |
| 2007-01-23 |
| Eleven Iraqis carrying false passports and heading to California were arrested at Monterrey's airport, immigration officials said Monday. Nine men, a woman and a two-year-old girl traveled from Madrid, Spain, to Monterrey, where they were detained Saturday, an immigration official said on condition of anonymity because she was not authorized to speak publicly about the arrests. None of the Iraqi citizens appear on terrorist watch lists and they told authorities they were Chaldean Christians trying to get to California were they would request asylum, the official said. They are being held at an immigration detention center in Mexico City pending charges for using false documents. Chaldean Christians have a sizable community in southern California and frequently try to enter the United States through Mexico, saying they face persecution in Iraq. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 Expert -- the US needs to close its Chaldean/Mexican gap. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2007-01-23 23:10 |
| #6 Well Hell, the Mexicans are Christians, so why not let them in too? Long as they don't read the wrong fairy tales to their children, it should be fine. |
| Posted by: Expert From Oregon 2007-01-23 21:58 |
| #5 Anguper Hupomosing9418, I know nothing about Chaldean Christian traditions, but I have a pretty good idea where to find out -- the article says Chaldean Christians have a sizable community in southern California. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2007-01-23 16:37 |
| #4 like San Diego County needs another couple liquor/convenience stores...jeebus |
| Posted by: Frank G 2007-01-23 14:59 |
| #3 tw - you're assuming the interrogator knows something about the New Testament & Christian traditions of Iraq. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2007-01-23 14:55 |
| #2 I have to agree with Annon on this one. Question, and I hope it doesn't bother our masculine contingent too much: In the Arab world, do the Christians circumcise their boys as do the Jews and the Muslims? If not, that would be an easy way to separate the legitimate refugees from the fakers. Otherwise knowledge of the New Testament and local Christian traditions would be a start. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2007-01-23 12:13 |
| #1 If they are Christians, let them in |
| Posted by: Annon 2007-01-23 02:05 |