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...less vehement in his assessment. “I felt like the whole point was to teach America about terrorism and on that point it was good,” Thompson explained. “At the same time this is a television show, and what happened on September 11th wasn?...
...illegal alien suspected to threaten national security for seven days without filing charges. After a week's time, authorities must either officially file charges or let the immigrant go free. (The previous limit on detention was 24 hours). This sounds like a Draconian measure compared to pre-September 11th regulations, but it's far more lenient than the unlimited detention originally advocated by Attorney General John Ashcroft - and as such, it's a compromise civil libertarians and immigration lawyers are willing to live with...
...four doomed jets took off the morning of September 11th, members of the House of Representatives were preparing to take up House provision 245 (I), a measure which would allow non-legal residents to claim green cards at local INS offices, rather than requiring a trip abroad to consular offices. It was expected to pass handily, despite some deep-seated resistance from conservative groups...
...Grim statistics According to INS officials, 16 out of the 19 terrorists involved in the September 11th hijackings arrived in the U.S. with legal visas. One of the men linked to the 1993 attack on the World Trade Center became a legal U.S. resident thanks to a provision similar...
...show up for classes? (This last scenario may have actually played out last month; Hani Hanjour was granted a visa to attend an English-language school in California and never showed up for class. Hanjour, who applied from Saudi Arabia, has the same name as one of the September 11th hijackers...