Washington, D.C. — Iowa’s two U.S. Senators, Joni Ernst and Chuck Grassley want answers on how a suspected al Qaeda leader, who is wanted for murder in the deaths of two Iraqi police officers, was able to receive refugee status in the United States.
Ali Yousif Ahmed Al-Nouri was admitted as a refugee in 2008 and later obtained full U.S. citizenship. He was arrested recently, after a federal magistrate issued a warrant for his arrest. The warrant was based on an extradition request from the government of Iraq on charges of killing two Iraqi police officers in 2006.
Ernst and Grassley sent a letter to the State Department, FBI and Citizenship and Immigration Services, seeking a briefing to allow them to better understand how al-Nouri was able to enter this country pretending to be a refugee, as well as the national security implications of letting a member of a terrorist organization to not only enter the U.S., but gain full citizenship.
To read the letter sent by Senators Ernst and Grassley, CLICK HERE.
