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Sounds like the system kicking in. The gentleman concerned being unfortunate in his stepfather (pretty obviously no choice of his). Since his real father was concerned with aviation he seems to have followed the paternal path and it appears was probably just legitimately persuing his annual recurrent training.
It is a high interest news item appearing at a time when the press is hungry for column inches and the TV news channels looking for juicy air time. The chap is of Arabic origin and worse for him that was Iraqi, not flavor much in favor in the US right now. He unfortunately also is in a profession where that is not a good combination/ asset right now particularly n the US.
The visa violation could be debatable, it appears that he complied with the requirement to fill out the new release statement before going to Aero****ices for his training. He probably felt that he did not need atudent visa as it was not an initial training. This may have been a mistake, but we have just had two instances where foreign nationals have gone to the US. One for his ATP and one for recurrent. Both complied with the requirement to inform the INS. Both were on normal visas. One was held for three hours while his details were checked then released, he was European and obviously Caucasian the other was OK. The US is on high alert and with good reason.
This man, sadly for him, may just be another victim of the fall-out of 9-11, a day that really did change the world. And some of those A**holes are still out there!