<font size=3D2 face=3Darial>You have been sent this message from= David Ross<br>(damiross2@attbi=2Ecom) as a courtesy of= WorldNetDaily=2Ecom (<a= href=3D"http://www=2Eworldnetdaily=2Ecom";>http://www=2Eworldnetdaily=2Ecom= </a>)=2E<br><br><br><br>To view the entire article, visit <a= href=3D"http://www=2Eworldnetdaily=2Ecom/news/article=2Easp?ARTICLE_ID=3D2= 8474">http://www=2Eworldnetdaily=2Ecom/news/article=2Easp?ARTICLE_ID=3D28= 474</a><br><br>Thursday, August 1,= 2002<br>--------------------------------------------------------= ----------<br>INS to deport Arab<br> aliens on airliners <br>By Paul= Sperry<br>------------------------------------------------------= ------------<br><br><font size=3D1>Posted: August 1, 2002<br>1:00= a=2Em=2E Eastern<br><br></font>WASHINGTON =96 The Immigration and= Naturalization Service plans to deport =96 unrestrained and= unescorted =96 most, if not all, of the estimated 6,000 Arab= nationals living illegally in the U=2ES=2E via commercial airliners,= WorldNetDaily has learned=2E <p>The Middle Easterners are among the estimated 314,000 aliens= recently identified by INS Commissioner James W=2E Ziglar as= having ignored deportation orders=2E <p>After it rounds them up, INS will follow a longstanding but= little-known policy of returning aliens from overseas countries= on passenger jetliners=2E <p>The INS policy =96 spelled out in the enforcement-standard= section, "Escorting Detainees on Commercial Aircraft" =96 allows= INS officers to book a group of fewer than 10 "non-violent"= aliens at a time on a jet =96 with no escorts and no handcuffs=2E <p>Even aliens with criminal records are eligible for= unsupervised removal, as long as they haven't been convicted of= violent crimes, according to INS guidelines=2E <p>The policy requires only that the aliens be preboarded and= seated in the last rows of the plane "whenever possible=2E" <p>Once they're seated, the officer or officers who escorted them= on the plane remove their handcuffs and exit the plane=2E <p>"Officers should use care and discretion when removing= restraints from properly classified low-risk detainees to avoid= notice by the traveling public and airline personnel," INS policy advises=2E <p>"Officers should be aware the general public may perceive= persons transported to airline gates or boarded in restraints as= threats to airline and passenger safety when traveling without= escorts," it further states=2E <p>The policy has long been a sore spot with airline pilots, but= particularly so after last year's hijackings by 19 Arab= nationals, three of whom were in the U=2ES=2E illegally=2E <p>The INS refuses to say how many, if any, Arab aliens have been= deported since Ziglar's announcement last December=2E Of the total= of 314,000 aliens, only 806 have been "apprehended" so far, said= Nancy Cohen, an INS official here=2E She would not say how many of= those have actually been removed from the country=2E <p><b>Cockpit intrusions</b> <p>Before Sept=2E 11, airlines reported some 30 instances in which= deported aliens partially or completely forced their way into= cockpits, according to Andrew R=2E Thomas, author of the= bestseller "Air Rage=2E" <p>Cockpit intrusions are bad enough, Thomas says=2E But passengers= have also been abused by aliens=2E In one case, he says, a little= girl seated among a dozen Salvadoran men was sexually= assaulted=2E <p>"The INS policy of deporting illegals is deplorable," Thomas= said in a phone interview=2E <p>The agency is aware of the potential for violence aboard the= flights=2E Its policy on handling deportees advises: "Detainees= who require officer escorts shall not be served meals that= require metal utensils that could be used as weapons=2E" <p>While INS spokesman Russ Bergeron acknowledges that there is= "no difference" in the escort policy now compared to before= Sept=2E 11, and that commercial airlines will still be used, he= points out that many of the 314,000 "absconders" will be flown= back on government planes operated by the Justice Prisoner and Alien= Transportation System=2E <p>But JPATS doesn't fly overseas =96 leaving airlines to transport= most, if not all, of the 6,000 Arab aliens back to the Middle= East=2E <p><b>Can't fly over 'big pond'</b> <p>"We can't go over the big pond," said Craig Charles, INS= liaison to JPATS, referring to the Atlantic=2E "We don't have the= airframes for it=2E" <p>Charles, who works at JPATS's scheduling office in Kansas= City, Mo=2E, says MD-82s make up most of the JPATS fleet, and they= have only about a 4=BD -hour flight range=2E <p>But he adds that INS can lease large jets for difficult= deportees =96 such as "a fighter," or a violent alien who resists= leaving =96 and thereby avoid putting commercial passengers at= risk on a long overseas flight=2E Charles says the INS also has= leased such planes to send back large groups of detainees= overseas, such as the more than 100 Nigerians it recently= deported=2E <p>Also, INS officials note that the escort policy requires= officers to notify airlines of high-risk or criminal aliens "at= the earliest point in the arrangement process=2E" <p>And pilots can refuse such passengers=2E <p>"The aircraft's captain has the ultimate authority as to who= may travel on his or her aircraft, and to determine the use of= restraining devices on any flight," INS policy says=2E <p>Previous stories: <p><a href=3D"/news/article=2Easp?ARTICLE_ID=3D28312">INS hasn=92t closed= terrorists loopholes at airports</a> <p><a href=3D"/news/article=2Easp?ARTICLE_ID=3D28447">INS loses 73= inspectors since 9-11</a> <P>=A9 2002 </P><br><hr noshade size=3D"1" width=3D"16%= "><br><P><i><a href=3D"mailto:psperry@worldnetdaily=2Ecom";>Paul= Sperry</a> is Washington bureau chief for= WorldNetDaily=2E</i></p><br><br>----------------------------------= --------------------------------