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But what is equally outrageous is how he came into the United States in the first place. Kourani took advantage of our porous border. Kourani paid a Mexican consular official in Beirut $3.000 for a visa to enter Mexico. Once in Mexico. he snuck across the U.S.-Mexican border in 2001 and settled in Michigan. According to Federal prosecutors. Kourani and another member of his family are heavily involved with the same group that killed 214 marines in Beirut in 1983 and which is also responsible for bombing two U.S. embassies. While in the United States. Kourani also helped harbor other illegal immigrants. Thankfully. he was prosecuted before he could inflict any direct harm on any American. Given how easy it is for people like Kourani to enter the United States.