9-11 Security Center for Immigration Studies and Issues - 9-11 WTC Terrorist Attacks

This section of security center for immigration studies presents articles on 9/11 and the World Trade Center terrorist attacks and immigration policy.

• Postscript 9/11: Media Coverage of Terrorism and Immigration - by William McGowan, CIS, April, 2003
  Although 9/11 was first and foremost a failure of law enforcement, intelligence, and immigration procedures, the journalistic establishment also bears some responsibility for the disarmed condition in which we found ourselves on September 11. For years that establishment looked at the issue of immigration largely through ideological, rose-colored glasses, and gave minimal attention to many of the numerous holes in the state and federal immigration net that September 11 revealed.
• No 9/11 Hijackers Came Through Canada, But That Doesn't Mean Canada Is Terrorist-Free - by Janice Kephart, Center for Immigration Studies, April 2009
  Department of Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano's April 20, 2009, comment agreeing with a reporter that the 9/11 hijackers entered the U.S. from Canada was more than a minor gaffe. It was a serious blunder. Whether or not the Canadian press was baiting the DHS Secretary is irrelevant; what is relevant is that any DHS Secretary who fails to have sufficient grounding in the facts surrounding 9/11 - the most serious breach of our homeland security in history - to refute the press upfront is raising serious questions about this administration's interest in actual homeland security, versus some other agenda.
• National Security and Immigration Since 9/11 - by Chris Rudolph, Center for Globalization and Governance, Princeton, March, 2007
  The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 had a profound effect on American National Security and immigration's relation to it. Prior to 2001, "securitizing" international migration was largely considered the discourse strategy of restrictionists and xenophobes. Now, however, it is widely accepted that international migration has significant implications for security.
• The Open Door: How Militant Islamic Terrorists Entered and Remained - by Steven A. Camarota, Center for Immigration Studies, May 2002
  This study focuses on militant Islamic terrorists because the threat they pose dwarfs that from any other terrorists, foreign or domestic. In addition to 9/11, some of the plots examined in the study include the murder of employees outside of CIA headquarters, the first attack on the World Trade Center, a plot to bomb the subway in Brooklyn, plots to bomb New York City landmarks, and the Millennium plot to bomb Los Angeles International Airport.
• Immigration and Insecurity: Post-9/11 Fear in the United States - Border Battles, July 2006
  For Latinos in the United States, the perceived level of intimidation has gone up markedly since 9/11. In a lengthy survey of Californians taken a year ago, the University of Southern California reports that since 9/11, 55 percent of Hispanics felt "less secure."
• The Case of Hosam Maher Husein Smadi: Déjà Vu All Over Again - by Jessica Vaughan, Center for Immigration Studies, September 2009
  Overshadowed in the extensive national coverage of the Najibullah Zazi terror case is the case of Hosam Maher Husein Smadi, a 19-year old Jordanian man arrested on Thursday, September 24, in Dallas. Terrorists continue to exploit our loosely monitored visa programs, so adjudicators must continue to be alert to this risk.
• Can Immigration Law Be Enforced? Two Years after 9/11, Many Still Answer 'No' - panel by CIS, September 2003
  Is it possible to enforce the immigration law, or does the United States need to accommodate itself to an inevitable flow of people by way of repeated amnesties, "temporary" worker programs, and ever-increasing levels of immigration?
• A New Era of Refugee Resettlement - by Don Barnett, Center for Immigration Studies, December 2006
  Since 9/11, annual refugee resettlement numbers have been sharply lower than in previous decades, reflecting both a shift away from traditional Cold War sources and new security and anti-fraud measures.
• CU immigration law expert looks at changes in U.S. actions since 9/11 - by Linda Myers, Cornell, July 2003
  How have U.S. immigration actions changed since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks? What do the changes mean for Americans, and what should be done next?
• The Case of Hosam Maher Husein Smadi: Déjà Vu All Over Again - by Jessica Vaughan, Center for Immigration Studies, September 2009
  Overshadowed in the extensive national coverage of the Najibullah Zazi terror case is the case of Hosam Maher Husein Smadi, a 19-year old Jordanian man arrested on Thursday, September 24, in Dallas. Terrorists continue to exploit our loosely monitored visa programs, so adjudicators must continue to be alert to this risk.