Think of all the ObamaCorps/SEIU jobs they could then participate in:
community organizer,
census worker,
polling booth monitor,
BP Slush Fund distributor,
Border Welcoming Agent,
...
Well, the Shukrijumah thing ties into Jamaat ul Fuqra, which while led by a Pakistani is an org made up largely of American and Caribbean black converts to Islam.
The racial element I guess is why, in spite of ul Fuqra's involvement in the 1998 US embassy bombings, in spite of all the training camps, bombings, murders, etc, that the government and press pretty much avoid mentioning them.