American-citizenship of Indian-origin man convicted of terrorism to be revoked
The US filed a lawsuit in a federal court in the Northern District of Illinois seeking to revoke the American citizenship of a 37-year-old Indian-origin man convicted of terrorism. In 2009, Khaleel Ahmed pleaded guilty to charges of providing material support to terrorists through his efforts to travel abroad in order to murder or maim US military forces in Iraq or Afghanistan. Here's more.
Ahmed sentenced to eight years and four months of imprisonment
Ahmed was sentenced to eight years and four months of imprisonment followed by three years of supervised release in 2010. "Civil denaturalization is one important tool in our anti-terrorism efforts. We will continue to zealously seek out and prosecute individuals like Mr. Ahmed," the Acting Associate Attorney General Jesse Panuccio said. Ahmed obtained US citizenship on March 31, 2004.
Here's what the civil denaturalization complaint says
The civil denaturalization complaint alleges that Ahmed concealed and affirmatively misrepresented his criminal conduct throughout his naturalization proceedings and that his application would have been denied had immigration authorities known about his provision of material support to terrorists.
Ahmed, cousin traveled to Egypt, received instructions on firearms use
Between 2004 and 2007, Khaleel Ahmed and his cousin, Zubair Ahmed, made preparations to travel abroad and did, in fact, travel to Egypt with the intent of engaging in acts that would result in the murder or maiming of US military forces. After returning from Cairo, the cousins discussed, sought, and received instruction on the use of firearms, including sniper rifles, and counter-surveillance techniques.
Ahmed arrived in US in 1998 as permanent lawful resident
The cousins also collected videos of attacks on US military forces overseas. In 2009, the US District Court for the Northern District of Ohio accepted their guilty pleas, and in 2010, sentenced Khaleel Ahmed to eight-year imprisonment. Born in India in 1980, Ahmed arrived in the US in 1998, as a lawful permanent resident (as a child of a brother/sister of a US citizen).
