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. |
Concur.
How Do I Renew My Permanent Resident Card (Green Card)? (Color added for effect!!)
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And yet you want to expell all Muslims, legal or illegal, guilty or not guilty.
some oklahoma doctor beat up an afghani taxi cab driver in san diego yesterday.
this wrong.
This won't happen until 250,000 Americans are slaughtered
I don't know if it will take 250,000 but I do know that right now the USA is trying to stay in "business as usual" mode and ignoring the fact that we are the targets of a global war by maniacal fanatics, many of whom are living in our country, visiting here on legal travel visas. I hope it doesn't take 250,000 American deaths to open our eyes to the truth. Sadly, 6,000 deaths seems to have done little to wake us up. I am very depressed about the near future for all Americans. We are not going on the offensive in our own country. The war in Afghanistan is going well. But inside our own country we are (I'm sorry to say) taking a Clinton-like do-nothing love-everyone attitude towards our current perilous situation.
Table 1. Immigration to the United States: Fiscal Years 1820-1998 |
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Year | Number | Year | Number | Year | Number | Year | Number |
1820-1998 | 64,599,082 | ||||||
1820 | 8,385 | ||||||
1821-30 | 143,439 | 1871 - 80 | 2,812,191 | 1921-30 | 4,107,209 | 1971-80 | 4,493,314 |
1821 | 9,127 | 1871 | 321,350 | 1921 | 805,228 | 1971 | 370,478 |
1822 | 6,911 | 1872 | 404,806 | 1922 | 309,556 | 1972 | 384,685 |
1823 | 6,354 | 1873 | 459,803 | 1923 | 522,919 | 1973 | 400,063 |
1824 | 7,912 | 1874 | 313,339 | 1924 | 706,896 | 1974 | 394,861 |
1825 | 10,199 | 1875 | 227,498 | 1925 | 294,314 | 1975 | 386,194 |
1826 | 10,837 | 1876 | 169,986 | 1926 | 304,488 | 1976 | 398,613 |
1827 | 18,875 | 1877 | 141,857 | 1927 | 335,175 | 1976,TQ /1 | 103,676 |
1828 | 27,382 | 1878 | 138,469 | 1928 | 307,255 | 1977 | 462,315 |
1829 | 22,520 | 1879 | 177,826 | 1929 | 279,678 | 1978 | 601,442 |
1830 | 23,322 | 1880 | 457,257 | 1930 | 241,700 | 1979 | 460,348 |
1980 | 530,639 | ||||||
1831-40 | 599,125 | 1881-90 | 5,246,613 | 1931-40 | 528,431 | 1981-90 | 7,338,062 |
1831 | 22,633 | 1881 | 669,431 | 1931 | 97,139 | 1981 | 596,600 |
1832 | 60,482 | 1882 | 788,992 | 1932 | 35,576 | 1982 | 594,131 |
1833 | 58,640 | 1883 | 603,322 | 1933 | 23,068 | 1983 | 559,763 |
1834 | 65,365 | 1884 | 518,592 | 1934 | 29,470 | 1984 | 543,903 |
1835 | 45,374 | 1885 | 395,346 | 1935 | 34,956 | 1985 | 570,009 |
1836 | 76,242 | 1886 | 334,203 | 1936 | 36,329 | 1986 | 601,708 |
1837 | 79,340 | 1887 | 490,109 | 1937 | 50,244 | 1987 | 601,516 |
1838 | 38,914 | 1888 | 546,889 | 1938 | 67,895 | 1988 | 643,025 |
1839 | 68,069 | 1889 | 444,427 | 1939 | 82,998 | 1989 | 1,090,924 |
1840 | 84,066 | 1890 | 455,302 | 1940 | 70,756 | 1990 | 1,536,483 |
1841-50 | 1,713,251 | 1891-1900 | 3,687,564 | 1941-50 | 1,035,039 | 1991-98 | 7,605,068 |
1841 | 80,289 | 1891 | 560,319 | 1941 | 51,776 | 1991 | 1,827,167 |
1842 | 104,565 | 1892 | 579,663 | 1942 | 28,781 | 1992 | 973,977 |
1843 | 52,496 | 1893 | 439,730 | 1943 | 23,725 | 1993 | 904,292 |
1844 | 78,615 | 1894 | 285,631 | 1944 | 28,551 | 1994 | 804,416 |
1845 | 114,371 | 1895 | 258,536 | 1945 | 38,119 | 1995 | 720,461 |
1846 | 154,416 | 1896 | 343,267 | 1946 | 108,721 | 1996 | 915,900 |
1847 | 234,968 | 1897 | 230,832 | 1947 | 147,292 | 1997 | 798,378 |
1848 | 226,527 | 1898 | 229,299 | 1948 | 170,570 | 1998 | 660,477 |
1849 | 297,024 | 1899 | 311,715 | 1949 | 188,317 | ||
1850 | 369,980 | 1900 | 448,572 | 1950 | 249,187 | ||
1851-60 | 2,598,214 | 1901-10 | 8,795,386 | 1951-60 | 2,515,479 | ||
1851 | 379,466 | 1901 | 487,918 | 1951 | 205,717 | ||
1852 | 371,603 | 1902 | 648,743 | 1952 | 265,520 | ||
1853 | 368,645 | 1903 | 857,046 | 1953 | 170,434 | ||
1854 | 427,833 | 1904 | 812,870 | 1954 | 208,177 | ||
1855 | 200,877 | 1905 | 1,026,499 | 1955 | 237,790 | ||
1856 | 200,436 | 1906 | 1,100,735 | 1956 | 321,625 | ||
1857 | 251,306 | 1907 | 1,285,349 | 1957 | 326,867 | ||
1858 | 123,126 | 1908 | 782,870 | 1958 | 253,265 | ||
1859 | 121,282 | 1909 | 751,786 | 1959 | 260,686 | ||
1860 | 153,640 | 1910 | 1,041,570 | 1960 | 265,398 | ||
1861-70 | 2,314,824 | 1911-20 | 5,735,811 | 1961-70 | 3,321,677 | ||
1861 | 91,918 | 1911 | 878,587 | 1961 | 271,344 | ||
1862 | 91,985 | 1912 | 838,172 | 1962 | 283,763 | ||
1863 | 176,282 | 1913 | 1,197,892 | 1963 | 306,260 | ||
1864 | 193,418 | 1914 | 1,218,480 | 1964 | 292,248 | ||
1865 | 248,120 | 1915 | 326,700 | 1965 | 296,697 | ||
1866 | 318,568 | 1916 | 298,826 | 1966 | 323,040 | ||
1867 | 315,722 | 1917 | 295,403 | 1967 | 361,972 | ||
1868 | 138,840 | 1918 | 110,618 | 1968 | 454,448 | ||
1869 | 352,768 | 1919 | 141,132 | 1969 | 358,579 | ||
1870 | 387,203 | 1920 | 430,001 | 1970 | 373,326 | ||
1/ Transition quarter, July 1 through September 30, 1976. | |||||||
NOTE: The numbers shown are as follows: from 1820-67, figures represent alien passengers | |||||||
arrived at seaports; from 1868-92 and 1895-97, immigrant aliens arrived; from 1892-94 | |||||||
and 1898-1998, immigrant aliens admitted for permanent residence. | |||||||
From 1892-1903, aliens entering by cabin class were not counted as immigrants. | |||||||
Land arrivals were not completely enumerated until 1908. See Glossary for fiscal year | |||||||
definitions. |
And if it's true that there are random acts of violence being committed against suspect groups, I would say its out of understandable frustration that the government is not responding to the threat within. Hell, FR isn't really responding to the threat within. We post a bunch of angry words but where is the leadership, the organization, the petition-drive, the email campaign that this issue demands? I wish I were the leadership type. I am not. I am waiting for a leader to emerge. So far I see none. Not in the political arena. Not on the internet. So far, not anywhere.
this is alarmist.
some oklahoma doctor beat up an afghani taxi cab driver in san diego yesterday.
this wrong.
30 posted on 10/25/01 3:49 PM Pacific by ken21
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