As America commemorates the tenth anniversary of 9/11, the question on everyone’s mind is, Are we safer than we were on September 10, 2001? Among the findings of the blue ribbon commission that investigated the circumstance that led up to the attacks of 9/11 were numerous failings in our immigration policies that were exploited by the terrorists who murdered some 3,000 people on that day.
A new report by the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), Ten Years Later: We Will Not Forget, reveals many areas of immigration enforcement in which improvements have made it more difficult for terrorists to carry out attacks against this country. However, pressure from immigrant advocacy groups and some business interests have prevented other vulnerabilities from being remedied. More alarmingly, policies adopted by the Obama administration with the stated intent of focusing on terrorists and criminal aliens are actually creating a more hospitable environment for would-be terrorists.
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