Wednesday, January 23, 2002

Census Bureau Estimates 115,000 Middle Eastern Immigrants Are in the U.S. Illegally
The estimates do not include the number of illegal immigrants from Pakistan and from the Arab nations of northern Africa. Immigration officials said there were 40,000 illegal immigrants from Pakistan.

Whatever the grand total, it far outstrips the 6,000 Middle Eastern men recently sought by the Justice Department for ignoring deportation orders.

Responding to the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, the authorities said this month that federal, state and local officials would work with immigration officers to find and deport such immigrants.
At least three of the hijackers on Sept. 11 were in the United States illegally, the authorities say.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/23/national/23IMMI.html?todaysheadlines&pagewanted=all

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