After 9/11, Immigration Became About Homeland Security

For Roy
Beck, president of Numbers USA, which advocates limiting immigration overall,
this new focus on enforcement was a relief since it changed a growing pattern
of legalization legislation. “There have been zero amnesties passed since
9/11,” he says. “It may be that 9/11 did change the environment so
that it became harder for Congress to continue to pass an amnesty every couple
years.”
http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2011/09/08/after-911-immigration-became-about-homeland-security-attacks-shifted-the-conversation-heavily-toward-terrorism-and-enforcement_print.htmlBy Mallie Jane Kim — U.S. News and World Report