Bill Ong Hing

“Reaching out to immigrants promotes national security. Following theJuly 7, 2005, London subway suicide bombings by British-born Muslimterrorists, Boris Johnson, a member of Parliament, noted that Americansdid not grow their own suicide bombers, giving credit to Americansfor acculturating its immigrants.”

“A careful analysis of the September 11th attacksreveals that deficiencies in U.S. intelligence collection and informationsharing, not immigration laws, prevented the terrorists’ plans from beingdiscovered”