Posted on 10/25/2001 2:52:11 PM PDT by FresnoDA
September 27, 2001, Thursday
A NATION CHALLENGED: IMMIGRATION; Suspects in Hijackings Exploited Loopholes in Immigration Policy
By DIANA JEAN SCHEMO and ROBERT PEAR
Source: The New York Times
Section: National Desk
1291 words
Abstract
Hijackers who flew airliners into World Trade Center and Pentagon exploited immigration system that critics contend is riddled with loopholes and that is geared to ease the way for commerce, whether in form of tourism, business or study; experts on terrorism say security precautions often take back seat to pressure from industry, concerns of neighboring governments and even bureaucratic rivalries in US government; say sheer volume of daily border crossings--300 by land from Mexico alone--make exclusion of all foreign terrorists impossible; photo (M)
Five Israelis Held In New York |
October 25, 2001 Five young Israelis are "on the verge of collapse," according to family members, as their incarceration in New York on charges relating to the Bin Laden attacks continues. They were arrested on Sept. 11, only hours after the World Trade Center attack, on charges of "plotting to blow up" a New York bridge. |
Lyinalgore would have canceld the Arabs shipments of Pepsi-Cola!!
decade |
immigration |
census |
population |
immigration as percent of population |
1790 |
3,929,214 |
|||
1800 |
5,308,483 |
|||
1810 |
7,239,881 |
|||
1821-30 |
143,439 |
1820 |
9,638,453 |
1.49% |
1831-40 |
599,125 |
1830 |
12,866,020 |
4.66% |
1841-50 |
1,713,251 |
1840 |
17,069,453 |
10.04% |
1851-60 |
2,598,214 |
1850 |
23,191,876 |
11.20% |
1861-70 |
2,314,824 |
1860 |
31,443,321 |
7.36% |
1871-80 |
2,812,191 |
1870 |
38,558,371 |
7.29% |
1881-90 |
5,246,613 |
1880 |
50,189,209 |
10.45% |
1891-00 |
3,687,564 |
1890 |
62,979,766 |
5.86% |
1901-10 |
8,795,386 |
1900 |
76,212,168 |
11.54% |
1911-20 |
5,735,811 |
1910 |
92,228,496 |
6.22% |
1921-30 |
4,107,209 |
1920 |
106,021,537 |
3.87% |
1931-40 |
528,431 |
1930 |
123,202,624 |
0.43% |
1941-50 |
1,035,039 |
1940 |
132,164,569 |
0.78% |
1951-60 |
2,515,479 |
1950 |
151,325,798 |
1.66% |
1961-70 |
3,321,677 |
1960 |
179,323,175 |
1.85% |
1971-80 |
4,493,314 |
1970 |
203,302,031 |
2.21% |
1981-90 |
7,338,062 |
1980 |
226,542,199 |
3.24% |
1991-98 |
7,605,068 |
1990 |
248,709,873 |
3.06% |
2000 |
281,421,906 |
the majority of the money for hispanics goes back to mexico, we are the biggest source of hard currency. illegals are a major source of hard money bears repeating. this money does not contribute much to the GNP\\regards
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