Illegal Immigrants arrested in terror plot

Three illegal immigrants, along with two legal resident aliens and a United States citizen were arrested in connection with plotting an attack on a U.S. Army base. Of course, the idea that trying to stop people from illegally entering the country is racist as these people clearly not a threat to the United States.

Fort Dix Plot Called "New" Form of Terror
Federal Officials Say 6 Foreign-Born Suspects Were Their Own Terror Cell
CBS News

One drove a cab, three were roofers. Another worked at a 7-Eleven and a sixth at a supermarket. Their alleged plot to attack Fort Dix was foiled by another blue-collar worker: a video store clerk.

Six foreign-born Muslims were accused Tuesday of planning to assault the Army base and slaughter scores of U.S. soldiers with automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades.

The unidentified clerk is being credited with tipping off authorities in January 2006 after one of the suspects asked him to transfer a video to DVD that showed 10 men shooting weapons at a firing range and calling for jihad, prosecutors said.

"If we didn't get that tip," said U.S. Attorney Christopher Christie, "I couldn't be sure what would happen." FBI agent J.P. Weis called the clerk the "unsung hero" of the case.

Authorities said there was no direct evidence connecting the men to any international terror organizations such as al Qaeda. But several of them said they were ready to kill and die "in the name of Allah," prosecutors said in court papers.