Roundup Of Terrorist Suspects Lead To N. Irish Immigrants

[NATO AIR]

interesting here. i think they should be deported on a case by case basis. god knows the brits fudged the books during the madness of the "troubles" so you never know who was really a terrorist and who was just rounded up by the brits and the loyalists and accused of something.

Terrorist Hunt Leads To Irish Immigrants
Former Paramilitaries Are Threatened With Deportation After 9/11 Attacks

By Mary Fitzgerald
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, October 9, 2004; Page A06

When Ciaran Ferry walked out the rusting gates of Northern Ireland's most notorious jail four years ago, he never expected to see the inside of a prison cell again.

Ferry, a member of the paramilitary Irish Republican Army, had served just over a third of his 22-year sentence for conspiracy to commit murder and arms offenses. Along with more than 400 other paramilitary prisoners, the 28-year-old was granted early release from the Maze prison as part of the Good Friday peace accord, the U.S.-brokered political agreement that ended three decades of violence in Northern Ireland.

Ferry and his new wife, Heaven, an American who had written to him during his incarceration, decided to settle in the United States after police told them his name had been discovered on the hit list of a rival paramilitary group. On an immigration form filled out when he arrived, Ferry ticked the 'no' box in the section asking if he had ever been convicted of a crime.

Ferry's past caught up with him when he attended a green card interview in January 2003. Arrested by immigration officers, he has spent the past 21 months in two Colorado prisons fighting deportation. His legal team argues that he is a law-abiding family man who would face threats and harassment if forced to return to Northern Ireland.

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[William Joyce]

Yeah, 'cause if there's one thing I fear ambling around NYC, it's Irish terrorists.