LifeZette: Three in Four Terrorism Convicts Were Born Abroad, Feds Say

IRLI In The News

January 16, 2018

By Brendan Kirby

Three out of every four people convicted of terrorism-related charges in the United States since the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., were born in foreign countries, according to a report released Tuesday by the Department of Homeland Security and Justice Department.

The report details 549 convictions, including 402 who were foreigners, between Sept. 11, 2001, and the end of 2016. That comes to 73 percent — and does not include the convictions of U.S.-born children of immigrants. … Read the full story by LifeZette

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