Two F-1
visa students from Kazakhstan have been arrested in Boston and are in jail. They
have been charged with: 1) helping the Boston bombers escape; 2) destroying
evidence, and; 3) lying to the FBI.
They
could also be charged with conspiracy to commit first-degree murder. Why?
Because they talked to the bombers by phone before the bombers killed a
police officer. These are serious crimes. The penalty for first-degree murder
is death.
An F-1
visa student is a foreign-born national who has been granted a student visa (the
privilege) to study in the United States. For many foreign-born students,
getting an F-1 to study in the U.S. is a dream come true. I’m sure the Kazakh
students felt the same way. Yet they took advantage of the American system by trying
to help two terrorists/friends escape justice. The students and the bombers
didn’t get far. All three are in jail, and will be there for a very long time.
Why
did the two Kazakh students help the bombers? At this point, the reason is moot.
The fact is they are in jail, their lives and their families’ lives destroyed, all
because they did something stupid: they thought nobody would catch them. Yet
they failed to realize that after 9/11, F-1 visa students are closely watched
by American security. Why? Because the 9/11 terrorists who destroyed the World
Trade Center were F-1 Saudi students. That is how they got into the U.S., on F-1 visas.
If are
an F-1 student, don’t think because America is “an open society” you are free
to do anything you want—and get away with it. On the contrary, big brother has
you under a very big microscope. If you cross the line for whatever reason—the
police, the FBI and the CIA will find you. They will. You can run, but you can’t
hide. Just ask the bomber and his F-1 friends.
Click on the photo to read the charges.
