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| Man Arrested In FBI Raid Wrote He's Here Illegally |
| 2010-05-19 |
| WBZ has learned that one of the men arrested during an FBI sweep related to the Times Square bombing scare wrote on the application for his cabbie license that he entered the US illegally. Pir Khan wrote on his application that he came to the US in 1991. On a renewal application in 2009, he stated that he came to the US through a "border." Several months before that, on the application where it asks "How did you enter the US?" Khan wrote "illegal" on his renewal form. Khan's alien registration expired in February. Boston police tell WBZ that even though Khan revealed he arrived in the country illegally he had the appropriate alien registration when he applied for his taxi driver's license. Khan and his Watertown roommate, Aftab Khan, were arrested last week on immigration charges during an FBI sweep of their apartment and Pir Khan's workplace. They are accused of giving money to Faisal Shahzad, who is accused of trying to blow up an SUV in Times Square on May 1. Pakistan's consul general met with Pir Khan Tuesday and said Khan does not know Shahzad. The consul general said Khan is being treated as a terrorist when he's being charged with immigration violations. Shahzad went before a judge Tuesday. He's charged with attempting to use weapons of mass destruction. Investigators say he admits packing an SUV with explosives and leaving it parked in Manhattan. |
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