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Immigration, Citizenship, and National Security: The Silent Invasion

Following the 11 September 2001 attacks on the United States by terrorists linked to the al Qaeda network, the Bush administration set out to destroy terrorist training bases in Afghanistan and to disrupt the operations of al Qaeda. The US government also reexamined thousands of visas and questioned foreign nationals from certain countries known to have terrorist cells. A high priority was given to improving the screening of visa applicants and the security of our visa and passport documents. In the same vein, the government is improving its ability to track visa holders while they are in the United States, and to locate persons with expired visas. New technologies are being used to make entry documents more fraud resistant. Many of these actions are aimed at preventing terrorists from entering the United States through fraudulent passports and visas. An immense effort has also been expended internally to identify sleeper cells of foreign nationals committed to terrorist plans. The fl ow of monies from individuals to radical Islamic organizations with ties to terrorists is being monitored and sometimes interdicted. All of these steps are intelligent and reasonable responses to the new threat the United States faces from the al Qaeda network and allied terrorist groups. The priority given to this overt war against terrorist organizations and nations that harbor them is understandable. However, the United States also needs a comparable scrutiny of the nation’s basic immigration system and the implications for national security of our open borders policy. Immigra-