Larry O’Connor penned an opinion piece at The Washington Times. An excerpt of his latest article, White House: 73% of convicted terrorists since 9/11 were non-citizens, is below:
Between September 11, 2001 and December 31, 2016, 549 people were convicted of international terror offenses in United States federal court. Of those convicted terrorists, 254 were foreign-born non-citizens accounting for 73% of the convictions, according to a senior administration official who provided the data for reporters during a background briefing Tuesday.
The high percentage of foreign-born non-citizens convicted of terror activities in the United States “highlights the importance of reforming the immigration system,” the administration official said, including the “importance of ending the practices of chain migration and the visa lottery system.”
In addition to the terror convictions since 9/11, 1,716 aliens have been removed from the country for “national security concerns,” the administration official said. [Read More]
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