One of three Yemeni men arrested in Etowah last Friday was unable to immediately produce his documentation. It was a perfect storm for unnamed state senators:
A group of Alabama state senators, after learning of the arrest, dispatched a letter to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder demanding an investigation as to why someone from an area of the world known for its hotbed of terrorism could be living in Alabama without documentation.
The letter also demanded Holder and the Justice Department cease the suit filed to challenge the state’s new immigration law. A news meeting that was set for Tuesday morning to release the letter to the media was subsequently scuttled.
Scott Beason actually raised the chimera of terrorists being stopped on their way to a mosque while arguing against an amendment to the immigration bill (see video below the fold; the real fun starts at 6:09). Republicans were all too eager to cry wolf.
