Yesterday Boston.com reported:
"Federal officials have arrested dozens of alleged illegal immigrants connected to a flight school in Stow, including the school's owner and students who received US government clearance to train as pilots despite strict security controls put into place after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks."
It is a good thing that the illegal immigrants were arrested; however, according to the article:
"All the arrested immigrants, who were learning to fly small single-engine planes, are free pending deportation hearings in federal immigration court, immigration officials said."
This is amazing. How many of these arrested immigrants do you think will show up for their pending deportation hearings in federal immigration court?
One of the people arrested was the owner of the school, Thiago DeJesus, a 26-year-old Brazilian immigrant who holds a license to fly single-engine airplanes. Mr. DeJesus was charged in July with being in the United States illegally. He is not only still here--he has gone into business! Now just for the record (and with no idea what Mr. De Jesus's political or terrorism tendencies are), this is obviously an entrepreneurial young man. He is the person we need in this country right now. What is wrong with our immigration system that he is not allowed to be here legally?
Meanwhile, Mr. DeJesus was continuing to give flying lessons this week??!!!
According to the article:
"FAA spokeswoman Laura J. Brown confirmed that DeJesus is a licensed pilot and flight instructor but would not comment on the fact that his school is still open because the agency is investigating what she called safety issues in connection with the school. She declined to elaborate."
Please follow the link above to read the entire story. It gets more unbelievable as you read it.
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