Three men who celebrated as the World Trade Center collapsed are facing deportation, according to The New York Post. The men, described as illegal immigrants from the Middle East, were arrested in New Jersey earlier this week based on a tip from witnesses who saw them “cheering” and “jumping up and down” from a vantage point in New Jersey after the attack, the newspaper reported.
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