Illegal immigration and terrorism are inextricably linked: the entry of terrorists into the U.S. cannot be stopped without ending illegal immigration.
On September 11, 2001, three thousand innocent people were murdered by foreign terrorists. A primary factor that permitted these terrorists to carry out their conspiracy was that the borders of the U.S. are open to any person who wants to illegally enter this country. Because every illegal alien is a person whose true identity has never been verified by a competent agency of the U.S. government, any illegal alien may be a terrorist."
The goal of the 9/11 FSA Foundation is to educate Americans about the continuing threat that open borders and illegal immigration represent.
Because the U.S. has long failed to enforce existing immigration laws, the September 11 terrorists were able to easily enter this country and once here hide in plain sight among the more than ten million other illegals already living in the U.S., and then plan, rehearse, finance and carry out their conspiracy. When Osama bin Laden sent his underlings to commit mass murder he was aware that, like all other illegal aliens, these nineteen would not only be ignored by American law enforcement but would be able to participate in all the freedoms offered by the United States of America to any citizen or legal visitor. It was that freedom from discovery; freedom from fear of deportation; freedom to open bank accounts, to obtain credit cards, to obtain "valid ID" in the form of drivers' licenses, to rent cars, to transfer funds, and to travel. This ability to function, negligently granted by our government, permitted the terrorists to plan, rehearse, finance, and carry out their plans to take over airplanes and kill 3000 people.
In short: open borders and mass illegal immigration were essential to Osama bin Laden's plans to invade the U.S. and commit mass murder.
It is therefore obvious, as the 9/11 Commission stated, that open borders and insufficiently policed sea and airports are among the greatest dangers Americans face.
The 9/11 FSA Foundation recognizes the need to bring this danger home to Americans in all parts of the Nation. We need to engage activists at the local, state and federal level. In order to provide the incentive for this action and the facts needed to create that incentive the Foundation will educate Americans about the facts: how illegal immigration threatens them and their children; how their communities, states and the Nation as a whole are threatened. While the activists of 9/11 Families for a Secure America are eager to take action to secure our borders, they need guidance and tools in order to organize and implement campaigns. That guidance and tools will be provided by the 9/11 FSA Foundation.