Syrians charged with impersonating U.S. citizen
Caught in Arizona transporting Mexican who crossed border
Posted: March 19, 2005
1:00 a.m. Eastern
2005 WorldNetDaily.com
Two Syrian men have been charged by a federal grand jury with
impersonating U.S. citizens after they were discovered transporting a
Mexican who had illegally crossed the border
Ala Salem Mamoud Al-Kurdi and Mohamed Tamman Nakchgandi were stopped
by Border Patrol Feb. 18 southwest of Tucson, Ariz., according to the
criminal complaint.
In the back seat of their Cadillac, the agents found an illegal
Mexican immigrant who admitted to crossing the border three days
earlier, the Arizona Republic reported.
According to court records, Kurdi, 25, and Nakchgandi, 24, claimed
they were naturalized U.S. citizens born in Syria. Agents discovered,
however, they were in the country illegally. Nakchgandi overstayed a
temporary visa issued in 1999 and had a canceled
employment-authorization card.
The two men were arraigned Thursday in U.S. District Court in Tucson
and are being held in federal custody until trial, the Arizona paper
said.
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