Do the facts support a US/Mexico Border Threat?
Part 2 of 2
Yesterday I shared with you my analysis of the 9/11 terrorists and showed you that none had entered the United States through the US/Mexico border. However, there are many anti-immigrant proponents that continue to allude that the US/Mexico border is a conduit for radical Islamic terrorists. They fear that terrorists enter the United States and mount an attack through the US/Mexico border. I set out to prove them wrong.
In order to do that, I gathered over 100 court cases involving charges of ISIS/ISIL or al-Qaeda criminal acts that were charged in the United States. From those cases I was able to gather 94 cases that provided me with the immigration status of the charged individual, the city in which they lived, their age and their gender. The results clearly show that the danger from radical Muslim terrorism in the United States does not derive from immigrants. More importantly, my analysis shows that only two terrorists entered the United States from Mexico. One entered the United States from Canada. These are out of 94 cases.
The vast majority of the individuals that have been charged with radical jihadist terrorism are US citizen who were born in the country. Twenty-five percent of the individuals in my data set were foreigners. Seventy-five percent were US citizens by virtue of birth. Further more and more importantly, only four individuals (less than 1%) were undocumented. Twelve percent of those charged are women. Forty-seven percent of those charged are between the ages of 21 and 30 years-old.
Clearly, the danger is not the US-Mexico border as has been suggested numerous times.
The following is the list of individuals that are in the dataset that I analyzed:
1. Zacharia Yusuf Abdurahman US 19 (M) Minneapolis, Minnesota April 2015
2. Bilal Abood Iraq, US naturalized 35 (M) Mesquite, Texas (left US through Mexico after FBI released him on his first attempt at leaving via Fort Worth airport. Re returned from the Middle East and entered the US through an unknown port of entry. He intended to fight for ISIS/ISIL)
3. Ahmed Abou-Samra US naturalized, born in France 33 (M) Stoughton, Massachusetts (entered US as a child)
4. Moner Mohammad Abu-Salha US 22 (M) Vero Beach, Florida died in Syria as a suicide bomber
5. Hamza Naj Ahmed US 19 (M) Minneapolis, Minnesota February 19, 2015
6. Ali Shukri Amin US 17 (M) Manassas, Virginia June 11, 2015
7. Jalil Ibn Ameer Aziz US 19 (M) Harrisburg, Pennsylvania December 22, 2015
8. Muhanad Badawi US 24 (M) Anaheim, California June 8, 2015
9. Alexander E. Blair US 28 (M) Topeka, Kansas April 10, 2015
10. John T. Booker Jr. US 20 (M) Topeka, Kansas April 10, 2015
11. Avin Marsalis Brown US 21 (M) Raleigh, North Carolina March 19, 2014
12. Alexander Ciccolo US 23 (M) Adams, Massachusetts July 4, 2015
13. Heather Elizabeth Coffman US 29 (F) Glen Allen, Virginia November 17, 2014
14. Shannon Maureen Conley US 19 (F) Arvada, Colorado April 8, 2014
15. Christopher Cornell US 20 (M) Green Township, Ohio January 14, 2015
16. Muhammad Oda Dakhlalla US 22 (M) Vicksburg, Mississippi August 8, 2015
17. Adam Dandach 21 US (M) Orange, California July 2, 2014
18. Abdirahman Yasin Daud US 21 (M) San Diego, California (M) April 19, 2015
19. Leon Nathan Davis US 37 (M) Augusta, Georgia October 24, 2014
20. Ahmed Muhammed Dhakane Somalia Asylum Petition 24 (M) Brownsville, Texas October 28, 2008 [Mexico]
21. Miguel Moran Diaz US 45 (M) Miami, Florida April 2, 2015
22. Jonas “Yunus” Marcel Edmonds US 29 (M) Aurora, Illinois March 25, 2015
23. Hasan Rasheed Edmonds US 22 (M) Chicago, Illinois March 25, 2015 US Army National Guard
24. Mufid A. Elfgeeh Naturalized from Yemen 30 (M) Rochester, New York September 16, 2014
25. Nader Elhuzayel US 24 (M) Anaheim, California June 8, 2015
26. Mohamed Yousef Elshinawy US 30 (M) Edgewood, Maryland December 12, 2015
27. Adnan Abdihamid Farah 19 US (M) Minneapolis, Minnesota April 19, 2015
28. Mohamed Abdihamid Farah US 21 (M) San Diego, California April 19, 2015
29. Syed Rizwan Farook US 28 (M) Chicago, Illinois December 2, 2015
30. Ahmed Mohammed El Gammal US 42 (M) Avondale, Arizona August 27, 2015
31. Abror Habibov Uzbekistan undocumented by overstay of visa 30 (M) Jacksonville, Florida February 25, 2015
32. Joshua Ray Van Haften US 34 (M) Madison, Wisconsin April 9, 2015
33. Naveed Afzal Haq US 31 (M) Richland Washington July 28, 2006
34. Armin Harcevic Bosnia Resident Alien 37 St. Louis, Missouri February 6, 2015
35. Nidal Hasan US 39 (M) Arlington County, Virginia November 5, 2009 Member of the US Army
36. Ramiz Zijad Hodzic Bosnia Refugee Visa 40 (M) St. Louis, Missouri February 6, 2015
37. Sedina Unkc Hodzic Bosnia Refugee Visa 35 (F) St. Louis, Missouri February 6, 2015
38. Yusra Ismail Somali Unknown 20 (F) St. Paul, Minneapolis August 21, 2014
39. Al-Hamzah Mohammad Jawad Iraq Resident Alien 29 (M) Lansing, Michigan February 17, 2015
40. Akba Jihad Jordan US 22 (M) Raleigh, North Carolina March 19, 2014
41. Abdurasul Hasanovich Juraboev Uzbekistan resident alien 24 (M) Brooklyn, New York February 25, 2015
42. Abdul Malik Abdul Kareem aka Decarus Lowell Thomas US 42 (M) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania December 23, 2015
43. Dilkhayot Kasimov Uzbekistan unknown status 26 (M) Brooklyn, New York April 6, 2015
44. Asher Abid Khan US 20 (M) May 2015 Houston, Texas May 26, 2015
45. Mohammed Hamzah Khan US 19 (M) Chicago, Illinois October 4 2014
46. Mohamad Saeed Kodaimati Syria Resident Alien 24 (M) San Diego, California April 22, 2015
47. Mahmoud Youssef Kourani Lebanon Undocumented via US/MX border 32 (M) Dearborn, Michigan January 15, 2004
48. Terry Lee Loewen US 57 (M) Mellow, Kansas December 13, 2013
49. Tashfeen Malik 29 Pakistan via Saudi Arabia Resident Alien (F) San Bernardino, California December 2, 2015
50. Lee Boyd Malvo Citizen of Jamaica Undocumented via Miami 17 (M) Bellingham, Washington October 24, 2002
51. Enrique Marquez Jr. US 24 (M) Riverside, California December 17, 2015
52. Douglas McCain US 33 (M) Chicago, Illinois August 23, 2014 [Died fighting for ISIS]
53. Robert C. McCollum aka Amir Said Abdul Rahman Al-Ghazi US 38 (M) Cleveland, Ohio June 19, 2015
54. Terrence J. McNeil US 25 (M) Akron, Ohio November 12, 2015
55. Gazi Ibraham Abu Mezer Palestine Undocumented via Canada Brooklyn, New York July 31, 1997
56. Abdirahman Sheik Mohamud Somalia Naturalized citizen 23 (M) Columbus, Ohio April 16, 2015
57. Donald Ray Morgan US 44 (M) Salisbury, North Carolina August 2, 2015
58. Abdulhakim Mujahid Muhammad aka Carlos Leon Bledsoe US 24 (M) Little Rock, Arkansas June 1, 2009
59. John Allen Muhammad US 42 (M) Baton Rouge, Louisiana October 24, 2002
60. Hoda Muthana US 20 (F) Hoover, Alabama November 2014
61. Fareed Mumuni US 21 (M) Staten Island, New York August 10, 2015
62. Hanad Mustafe Musse US 19 (M) Minneapolis, Minnesota April 19, 2015
63. Arafat M. Nagi US 42 (M) Lackawanna, New York July 29, 2015
64. Reza Niknejad US 18 (M) Prince William, Virginia June 11, 2015
65. Guled Ali Omar US 21 (M) Minneapolis, Minnesota April 18, 2015
66. Tairod Nathan Webster Pugh US (M) Neptune, New Jersey January 16, 2015
67. Jasminka Ramic Bosnia Resident Alien 42 (F) Rockford, Illinois February 6, 2015
68. Nihad Rosic Bosnia Resident Alien 26 (M) Utica, New York February 6, 2015
69. Nicholas Rovinski US 24 (M) Warwick Rhode Island June 11, 2015
70. Alaa Saadeh US 23 (M) West New York New Jersey June 29, 2015
71. Nader Saadeh US 20 (M) Rutherford, New Jersey August 10, 2013
72. Akhror Saidakhmetov Kazakhstan resident alien 19 (M) Brooklyn, New York February 25, 2015
73. Munther Omar Saleh US 20 (M) Queens, New York August 10, 2015
74. Mediha Medy Salkicevic Bosnia Naturalized citizen 34 Schiller Park, Illinois February 6, 2015
75. Ahed Shehadeh US 29 (M) Syracuse, New York March 14, 2003
76. Asia Siddiqui US 31 (F) Queens, New York April 2, 2015
77. Elton Simpson US 29 (M) Phoenix, Arizona May 3, 2015
78. Nadir Soofi US 33 (M) Phoenix, Arizona May 3, 2015
79. Harlem Suarez US 23 (M) Stock Island, Florida July 28, 2015
80. Justin Nolan Sullivan US 19 (M) Morganton, North Carolina June 19, 2015
81. Mohammed Reza Taheri-azar Iran Naturalized US Citizen 22 (M) Carrboro, North Carolina March 6, 2006
82. Nicholas Teausant US 20 (M) Acampo, California March 16, 2014 [National Guard Reservist]
83. Keonna Thomas US 30 (F) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania March 29, 2015
84. Samuel Rahamin Topaz US 21 (M) Fort Lee, New Jersey June 17, 2015
85. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Kyrgyzstan US Naturalized Citizen 22 (M) Cambridge, Massachusetts April 19, 2013
86. Tamerlan Anzorovich Tsarnaev Russian and Kyrgzstan US Naturalized Citizen 27 (M) Cambridge, Massachusetts April 19, 2013
87. Ramses “Ramsi” Uthman Venezuela US Resident Alien 29 (M) Syracuse, New York March 14, 2003
88. Noelle Velentzas US 28 (F) Queens, New York April 2, 2015
89. Abdirizak Mohamed Warsame US 20 (M) Eagan, Minnesota December 9, 2015
90. Michael Todd Wolfe US 24 (M) June 2014 Austin, Texas
91. David Wright US 25 (M) Everett, Massachusetts June 12, 2015
92. Jaelyn Delshaun Young US (F) Vicksburg, Mississippi August 8, 2015
93. Abdullahi Yusuf US 18 (M) Grove Heights, Minnesota November 2015
94. Akmal Zakirov US 29 (M) Brooklyn, New York June 11, 2015
The issue is less what has happened as what can happen. If the border is porous, then it is open to terrorist penetration. Today, all you have to do is show up and say you’re a pregnant Guatemalan and they’ll let you in faster than you can say, “Allahu Ahkbar.”
Does it matter where illegal immigrants are coming from? The point is they’re over running our borders, they’re disobeying our laws and have no intention of assimilating to our way of life. How can a country prosper without securing its borders? The more we allow illegal border crossing into our country the more problems we are creating for everyone. Without being proficient in English, succeeding in school, they will always be relegated to minimum wage jobs and complaining about it. What we need is people to obey our laws, our government to enforce our laws…end of subject. As Obama Obama stated last night. you can believe him, we are committed to the rule of law
Correction that is : if you can believe the president, we are committed to the rule of law