Leaders of this war on terrorism can’t find Osama bin Laden or weapons of mass destruction, but they sure know how to tackle a high school football player.
Ahmad Amin, an 18-year-old Pakistani and tight end for the Cupertino High School Pioneers, was slapped with a deportation order recently. His older brother, Hassan, received a deportation order, too, only his came with a night in a county jail.
Their crime? Bad advice from an immigration lawyer a few years ago led to the expiration of their visitors visas. Even though they had applied for green cards, even though they had voluntarily registered after Sept. 11, 2001, even though their eldest brother is a U.S.-born citizen, they couldn’t catch a break from the hard-liners at the new Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.You never know. Any terrorist can hide under a football helmet.

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