Sometimes, a Green Thumb Trumps a Green Card
On Sept. 21, Ahmed Alenany, a Brooklyn cabdriver from Egypt, was stopped by the police for parking illegally. They discovered his visa had expired, and in the post-Sept. 11 sweep for illegal immigrants, he spent seven months in jail. Mr. Alenany was understandably surprised that the government would toss him in jail in a terrorism case, after he had been in the United States without proper papers for several years. Full Story