Texas Officials Say Terrorists Sneaking Across The Border

Reported by: Farrah Fazal
Last Update: 9:16 am

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Texas Department of Public Safety chief Steve McCraw testified before lawmakers in Washington on Wednesday.

He says the majority of people from terrorist sponsored countries are getting into the U.S. along the Texas border.

He pointed to Ahmed Muhammad Dhakane as one of those terrorists.

He asked for asylum at an international crossing in Brownsville in 2008. Halfway through the request, Federal Bureau of Investigation Agents took a closer look at him. They say he was an Al Qaeda terrorist and human smuggler. Dhakane admits to smuggling seven members of Al Qaeda into the U.S.

He's been sentenced to 10 years behind bars for lying on his asylum application.

"The San Antonio federal case of the Somalian is a significant concern. It underscores this is not make believe, you can't secure your borders from foreign nationals penetrating them undetected and uninterdicted. It constitutes a threat," says McCraw.

The FBI has not said what happened to the terrorists Dhakane smuggled into the U.S. Agents will only say they've identified them.

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