An Algerian, Abdel Hakim Tizehga was an alleged member of the Millennium Plot who was arrested ten days after Ahmed Ressam, upon illegally entering the United States from Canada.
[1] Tizegha first traveled to the United States in 1993, as a stowaway aboard a ship docking in Boston.
He applied for political asylum, but was denied in 1997, and his appeal failed in 1999.
[1] He moved to Canada and sought refuge while living in Montreal, but sneaked back into the United States later the same year and was arrested.
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