Judge Alberto J. Riefkohl sides with convicted Hamas member!
This is a story that's worrisome on the surface. An immigration judge, Alberto Riefkohl, sided against our government, who sought the deportation of a man linked to Hamas. The judge allowed him to stay in the U.S.!
In other cases handled by this judge regarding asylums, Riefkohl is one of the more liberal judges in granting nearly 60% asylum versus more conservative judges who had 20% or less approval rates.
While I don't have access to the documents that were used in the case, this judge is basically calling Homeland Security incompetent or liars.
If Homeland Security is sure about the conviction of Mohammad Qatanani as an Hamas member, they should definitely appeal the judge's ruling, unless, they know they would be heard before another liberal judge.
It has been my experience in studying the Islamist infiltration in our country, that it is always Israel's or America's fault and they, the Muslims, work hard to present themselves as the innocent victims. This is the standard by which they operate. Prosecutors and Judges have a duty to dig deep to get to the truth.
In an March 2001 article, Qatanani participated in an anti-Israel demonstration in New York City, which I hope the prosecution used to show his strong bias against Israel and his desire to paint them in a bad light.
The prosecution was able to get Qatanani to acknowledge his former brother-in-law, Mahmoud Abu Hanoud, was a top Hamas military leader in the West Bank before being killed by Israeli military forces. Qatanani responded he met him on only one occasion, in an earlier article about the trial.
"...Mohammad Qatanani has denied being a Hamas member and said he was detained, not arrested, by the Israelis while traveling to his native West Bank in 1993. He said he was not notified of the charges against him or his conviction and that he was mentally and physically abused while in detention.
In ruling for Qatanani, immigration Judge Alberto J. Riefkohl questioned the reliability of the records submitted by the Department of Homeland Security purporting to show Qatanani's arrest and conviction in Israel. The judge called the U.S. government's case against Qatanani "patently incomplete," and found its two key witnesses — both federal agents — to not be credible..."
What's wrong with calling some Homeland Security individuals, "Liars"?
Posted by: Ashman | October 10, 2008 at 11:31 AM