Just like the United States, Europe has a substantial illegal immigration problem. Most illegal aliens are desperate people who are only seeking a better way of life. A few are criminals and, worse by far, Jihadists.
In Italy, Spain and France, many of the illegal aliens are Moroccans and Algerians.
Reports out of Algeria indicate that Al Qaeda is recruiting illegal aliens from areas in Spain, Italy and France.
This has plenty of relevance for America.
First of all, American diplomatic and economic targets in Europe will be likely targets for Al Qaeda. Second, we have a big illegal alien/border security policy of our own–and it’s not just about poor Mexicans taking jobs from Americans…
Every year, tens of thousands of OTMs–“Other Than Mexicans”–come across our borders. A lot come across from Canada, which is basically the forgotten piece of this entire puzzle. Of those tens of thousands of OTMs, thousands still are “special interest” OTMs.
A special interest OTM is an illegal alien from a nation of terrorism concern, such as state sponsors of terrorism and nations which are known to be breeding grounds for terrorists. A few examples are Iran, Syria, Pakistan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and several others.
This might be the biggest reason to get our arms around our border security problem, something which is unlikely to happen as long as Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid are in charge in Washington…
Terror Trends Bulletin 