Algerian in Terror Case Is Facing Deportation
An Algerian man suspected of links to an alleged international plot to blow up U.S. buildings will be handed over to immigration authorities for probable deportation, the Seattle Times reported Friday, quoting Assistant U.S. Atty. Andrew Hamilton.
Abdel Hakim Tizegha, 29, was arrested near Seattle on Dec. 24, 1999, and charged with illegally entering the United States from Vancouver, Canada.
U.S. District Judge Barbara Rothstein sentenced Tizegha, who pleaded guilty to entering the country illegally, to the time he had already served in detention since his arrest, the paper said.
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