INS ALERT 4 Pakistanis at large in Norfolk VA area

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[Merovingian]

4 Pakistanis are somewhere at large in the country and being sought by the INS. The four were on the ship PROGRESSO, INS inspector granted them shore leave in Norfolk VA in error...One is on the terrorist list..

[TrappedInLiberalHell]

Illegals Not Stopped

[Constitution Day]

Thanks... will page NC list.

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

INS inspector granted them shore leave in Norfolk VA in error...

The INS is just like the FBI now. When it comes to stupidity and embarrassment, they're on a roll!

It's time to gut the INS and fire everybody. Let them reapply for other jobs. Upper and middle management need not apply.

[maxwell]

Whoa dude... Thanks for the ping... Though I probably have more to worry about from the local granola fruits and nuts, haha...

[Brownie74]

Promote them to Airport Security!

They will turn that job down. Not enough money.

They will probably get a job as pilots for American Eagle (AMR) to replace the last illegals that were fired for flying for them.

This gets crazier and crazier every day. Nothing suprises me anymore.

[Almondjoy]

Hmmm can you say two agents were bribed into making a decision to let them.............

[phasma proeliator]

Greenturtle.
time to form up.

[Brownie74]

Sounds like the INS guys' photos should be displayed on the post office walls.

I doubt if they could find the post office. Welcome aboard.

[Constitution Day]

NC FReepers:

Merovingian says:
" 4 Pakistanis are somewhere at large in the country and being sought by the INS.
The four were on the ship PROGRESSO, INS inspector granted them shore leave in Norfolk VA in error...One is on the terrorist list..."

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Fox News article:

Four Pakistanis Missing After INS Wrongly Let Them Enter Country

Friday, March 22, 2002

By Carl Cameron

WASHINGTON — Federal officials are on the lookout for four Pakistani nationals who are in the United States illegally after leaving a freighter that had been docked in Virginia sometime last weekend.

Immigration and Naturalization Service district directors and border patrol chiefs from across the country met on a "crisis management" conference call Thursday afternoon in which it was revealed that one of the four missing Pakistanis showed up on a "look out list" described by call participants as a "terrorist list."

Some members on Capitol Hill who have heard about the case are "furious," according to sources, and the embarrassment is said to have further angered President Bush, who was put in another awkward situation last week when the INS mailed visa approvals for two Sept. 11 hijackers to the flight school they attended last year.

The Coast Guard is distributing fliers in the Norfolk, Va., area of the missing crew members: Ahmad Salman, Thulan Qadar, Mohammad Nazir and Adnan Ahmad.

They were onboard the Progresso, a Malta-chartered freighter that was carrying a chemical commonly used in fertilizer, when it made port a week ago Friday near Norfolk from Novorossisk, Russia.

The ship has a 27-member crew; 19 are Pakistani. The captain is Croatian.

Last Friday, an INS inspector granted the four Pakistanis "shore leave visa waivers," which allowed them to come ashore even though they had not been granted visas for entry into the United States.

However, the INS inspector violated INS rules, which prohibit Pakistanis from receiving waivers. After Sept. 11, the INS issued a directive specifically denying Pakistani crew members shore leave or "admission as crewman," which is offered to nationals from 29 mostly Western European countries with which the United States has specific reciprocal arrangements.

Pakistanis are also denied expedited processes and require extra scrutiny, according to INS directives.

All the men told the INS inspector that they did not have any family in the area and that they were veteran merchant mariners. The INS inspector did not have access to electronically crosscheck the Pakistanis' identification while in the field.

Sources said that over the weekend, one of the men left while the ship was at a dock on South Military Highway in Chesapeake. Later, the ship moved to Triport Terminal, another facility a few miles down the southern branch of the Elizabeth River. Three more men left there.

Sunday afternoon, the captain reported to the INS inspector that the four Pakistanis had not returned to the ship. The Progresso then departed for Savannah, Ga.

Once the men were discovered missing, the INS checked their names in its Interagency Border Information System and found that at least one had violated his visa status in the past.

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[dighton]

INS ALERT

Oxymoron bump.

[montag813]

A registered Democrat who claims to be Libertarian is not to be trusted.

How did this miscreant obtain this office to begin with? Perhaps he is related to ZIG Ziglar and therefore sold his way into the job.

[Constitution Day]

Credo nos in fluctu eodem esse.

[TomGuy]

freighter that was carrying a chemical commonly used in fertilizer

Fertilizer is known to be explosive when mixed with certain other chemicals and petroleum products (diesel fuel).

Wonder what the "chemical" being transported is...and how volatile?

[LaGrone]

The incompetance of the INS is unbelievable. You would think that after 9-11 management would demand that all INS agents and workers err on the side of caution. This is intolerable; both workers should be fired immediately.

The head of INS was just reamed out by congress a few days ago. INS should be broken up and reorganized. Who in their right mind would add more responsibilities to the Feds? Totally disheartening and now literally a life and death situation. Heaven help us all!

[Orual]

Oxymoron bump.

[Constitution Day]

FNC Article:
Sunday afternoon, the captain reported to the INS inspector that the four Pakistanis had not returned to the ship.
The Progresso then departed for Savannah, Ga.

You said:
Fertilizer is known to be explosive when mixed with certain other chemicals and petroleum products (diesel fuel).
Wonder what the "chemical" being transported is...and how volatile?

I wonder too.
Makes me think about nuclear facilities along the coast... such as the DOE's Savannah River Site, near Aiken, South Carolina.

I don't know how close that is to the ocean.

[Alouette]

You know we could make a fortune if we start an airlines that does not permit any type of head covering to be worn.

Bald Eagle Airlines.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Don't worry, Al Gore "reinvented" the INS...

[snippy_about_it]