Nice, for a 2nd there I thought we were going back to the Japanese interrment camps of yesteryear, substitute Pakistani, Iraqi, Nigerian, Hispanic, Italian, Irish, Asian, Saudi, etc etc. Nice to see we've learned something as a nation since then, or maybe, all we've learned is that we can't lock everyone up in our nation,yet. Get a grip, stop the xenophobia, and get these people into the system so they aren't shadows anymore and we can get a handle on our borders & population.
A terrorist in the US doesn't need to be a citizen to do harm folks, the more anonymous they are the easier their task. Think for a second instead of doing the angry mob scene.

"Investigators believe that some of the 19 suspected hijackers may have stolen the identities of law-abiding Middle Easterners, further complicating the probe."

http://www.thedossier.ukonline.co.uk/Web%20Pages/LOS%20ANGELES%20TIMES_FBI%20Chief%20Raises%20New%20Doubts%20Over%20Hijackers'%20Identities.htm

"In 2002, al-Attas admitted that he lied to the FBI to conceal Moussaoui's name, lied to the FBI to conceal Moussaoui's jihadi and anti-American beliefs, lied to conceal his own jihadi tendencies, lied to conceal that Moussaoui had been trying to convince him to become more active in the jihad, and lied to conceal the names of other Middle Easterners who were taking flight lessons in Oklahoma.""He holds a master's degree in International Business from South Bank University in London, having enrolled in 1993 and graduated in 1995"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zacarias_Moussaoui

You still want to leave these people in the shadows? Out of our database systems? Out of our tax agencies? Of our ID systems? Untraceable to our communities and law enforcement except through bureaucratic immigration agencies with backlogs up the kazoo? Some folks have been waiting 20 years for their citizenship. Hello???

Seven years later and GW Bush still doesn't understand how the 9-11 hijackers entered the country. GW Bush a miserable failure from birth.

What a plan for forever war!

Invade a country, occupy it and piss off people, then bring them to the USA so you can blame the dems when some of them turn out to be terrorists.

Bush wanted a Homeland Security Department anf the Republican Congress gave him one.

Now the Homeland Security Department finds that it can not and does not want to do its job.

Just where is all of the security we have paid for?

as long as they have to take their shoes off, have shampoo leaking in their luggage and are occasionally felt up by some gay guy or lesbian then let them all in. i feel safe from these turrrists because the TSA has made me so.

What the story doesn't say is that Homeland Security and FBI have deliberately delayed the background checks as a stalling tactic for anyone from the 13 "special registration" countries, Morocco, Egypt, Jordan , Saudi, Syria, Algeria, Pakistan, Bangladesh, etc.

Some of the delays have been 6 years or more.

It doesn't take 6 years to do a fingerprint check.

Your tax dollars at work.

Just how does this practice make us a safer nation? Just how is the government going to locate people who knowingly beat the criminal background check and, thus, entered this country illegally?

"Adding to the backlog, a surge of applications flooded Citizenship and Immigration Services last year, prompted partly by the announcement of fee increases."

This statement is a complete lie. The surge in applications was because the department of state opened the immigrant floodgates by changing a key cutoff date to "current" from sometime in 2002. Therefore absolutely everyone who was in the country (for years and years) could apply for the green card, instead of waiting for their date to come up.

Remember, these are LEGAL immigrants, following the rules. This is FBI who checks finger prints and are too lazy/not funded to check their names with the foreign government of the country of origin.

These are people with families LIVING IN THE UNITED STATES. Their families are allowed to take advantage of all government provided services, but are not allowed to work and pay taxes. Sound logical? I think not.

Call me crazy but maybe this should be the Huffpo headline on the main page instead of Hillary changing campaign people.

Let's see. I can go online to Amazon or to any airline, type in my credit card number and within seconds make a purchase--from a small amounts to thousands of dollars--that involves a credit check. There are millions of these transactions a day. But the FBI can't compare 2 data bases containing the names of "tens of thousands" of immigrants over a six month time frame???

WTF????

This is a really bad idea. And as always suspected, the DHS is a merely a dodge for the administration to bypass the authority and expertise on time-honored non-partisan agencies when they won't fall into line.

Could it be that major corporations and industries who exploit illegal immigrants are pestering the administration? Spring is coming?

And, if any of these people are found to be involved in any way with the next 'security happening' that's looked forward to after May 10 (the Virgin Jenna's wedding date - Laura's demanded that NOTHING, NOTHING will interrupt her dear daughter's nuptials.)- WELL - DOES THAT MEAN THE DHS WOULD BE FINANCIALLY AND LEGALLY LIABLE FOR AIDING AND ABETTING WITH THEM?

Just a thought......just a .......thought

http://www.infragard.net/

H Nedjar Looper is turning over in her grave at 13,000 rpm. Not to worry. An undocumented cemetary worker will hose her grave with cold water if it starts smoldering. The FBI will send 4 special agents to guard her grave every 6 hrs & hose down her smoldering grave.
The FBI never admitted it couldn't do a job when she was director. OK, OK- red diaper kids called the FBI, Fumbling, Bungling, Incompetent in the 1930's & 40's.

The system is pretty screwed up anyway. My wife and I were married for two years and she was still made to jump through hoops (basically, travel for hundreds of miles and obtain papers and pay hefty fees) just to get an immigration visa. Then, she was made to go through the same process once she got here in the US. Only an idiot would design such a system.