TAMPA, FL- The Department of Homeland Security announced last week that the parents of two suspects in last month’s attempted terrorist attack on MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida, have been arrested.
In a press release, DHS said that Ann Mary Zheng and Alen Zheng were arrested in connection with placing an improvised explosive device (IED) at the MacDioll Air Force Base Visitor’s Center, in addition to evidence tampering. The Department of Justice said that Ann Mary Zheng was charged “with assisting after the fact related to her brother, Alen Zheng, placing an improvised explosive device at the MacDill Air Force Base Visitor’s Center in Tampa, and evidence tampering.”
The DOJ continued, Ann Mary Zheng, knowing that her brother, Alen Zheng, had attempted to damage government property by fire or explosion assisted him in order to hinder and prevent his apprehension, trial and punishment.”
Ann Mary Zheng
“The alleged perpetrators of this attack on a U.S. Air Force base were born in the U.S. after their parents illegally entered the country. The attempted attack illustrates why the improper recognition of ‘birthright citizenship’ for children of illegal aliens is not only inconsistent with the Constitution, but endangers all Americans,” the DHS wrote.
“Automatically granting citizenship to children of illegal aliens born in the U.S. is based on a historically inaccurate interpretation of the Citizenship Clause and poses a major national security risk. That reality became apparent last week when two U.S.-born children of Chinese illegal aliens were indicted for planting a potentially deadly explosive device outside MacDill Air Force Base in Florida,” said Acting Assistant Secretary Laurin Bis. “This incident underscores the severe national security threat that illegal immigration and birthright citizenship pose to the United States.”
Ann Mary Zheng was arrested by federal agents after she returned from China, while it is believed her brother, Alen Zheng, is still in China.
Subsequent to the investigation, the parents of the two accused, Qiu Qin Zou and Jia Zhang Zheng, who entered the United States at an unknown location, were apprehended on March 18.
The DHS said both applied for asylum in 1993, however an immigration judge denied those claims and ordered them deported in 1998. The Bureau of Immigration Appeals subsequently denied multiple attempts by the two to have their case reopened, however they remained in the United States for decades despite being ordered removed nearly 30 years ago.
In his second term, President Donald Trump vowed to close the borders and engage in the largest mass deportation effort in history. On day one, the president issued an executive order, “Protecting the Meaning and Value of Citizenship.
“The privilege of United States citizenship is a priceless and profound gift,” the president wrote.
“[A]nd yet, that sacred honor has been abused because previous–and incorrect–interpretation of the law has allowed birthright citizenship–meant for children of slaves after the Civil War–legal and illegal–to be granted to any child of an illegal alien,” DHS wrote.
The United States Supreme Court is currently hearing a case that could decide the future of the United States and whether it will continue to be one of the–if not THE only–country in the world with such a ridiculous policy codified into unwritten law.
“Under President Trump and DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin, DHS will continue to ensure that our entire immigration system–legal and illegal–puts the American people first.
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