DREAMER: Illegal Immigrant from United Arab Emirates Arrested in FL for Possession of Ammunition.
According to a complaint, 25-year-old Hamid Mohamed Ahmed Ali Rehaif had been living at a hotel in Melbourne[, Florida] for 53 days, checking out each morning and checking back into the hotel each evening. He further had paid over $11,000 in cash for room fees.
Rehaif admitted [PDF] to investigators that he had several firearms in his possession, and had fired them at two local gun ranges, but claimed he’d recently sold or disposed of the weapons. . . .
The complaint notes that Rehaif was admitted to the U.S. on a student visa in 2013. He was enrolled at the Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne, Florida but was dismissed in the fall of last year. He failed to leave the country within 30 days of the end of his student status. By failing to leave Rehaif became an illegal immigrant.
Related, from November: Rand Paul Slams Marco Rubio In Florida On Immigration After Paris Attacks.
The 9/11 attackers were “on student visas or overstayed their visas” and “two of them were on the watch list,” said Paul.
He targeted Rubio as blocking his amendment in the 2013 bipartisan comprehensive immigration plan to require fingerprinting, background checks and extensive scrutiny of people coming into the United States.
“I introduced my amendment to the immigration bill. Unfortunately, I got some opposition. Your senator, in fact, opposed me on this. I tried to pass something that I think was a conservative proposition to the immigration bill that would’ve had more scrutiny for refugees, for visitors and for students,” the Republican presidential candidate told the crowd of Florida GOP activists.
Reminder, from October: Exclusive: Marco Rubio Fails To Support Single GOP Immigration Enforcement Bill.
According to NumbersUSA’s analysis of some two dozen Senate immigration enforcement plans offered since the Gang of Eight amnesty bill failed — information shared exclusively with Breitbart News — Rubio has failed to support any of his conservative colleagues myriad of bills designed to remove illegals, cut off tax benefits and shut down sanctuary cities. . . .
As Breitbart News has previously reported, Rubio continues to support all of the policies in Gang of Eight bill.