While what you said is true about them moving in from other countries, they have been coverting Americans in our prison system for many years by the thousands.
Middle Easterners streaming to Texas
By EDWARD HEGSTROM
Copyright 2002 Houston Chronicle
Texas has one of the nation's fastest-growing Middle Eastern populations, and most of the state's immigrants live in Houston, according to a study based on census data.
Researchers at the Center for Immigration Studies say Texas' Middle Eastern population more than doubled in the last decade, to just over 100,000, including more than 52,000 in Greater Houston.