NEWS
September 30, 2001 | PATRICK J. McDONNELL and RUSSELL CAROLLO, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
The Sept. 11 terrorists didn't have to steal into the country as stowaways on the high seas or as border-jumpers dodging federal agents. No audacious enemy "inserted" them, commando-style. Most or all appear to have come in legally, on the kinds of temporary visas routinely granted each year to millions of foreign tourists, merchants, students and others.
NEWS
September 23, 2001 | JONATHAN PETERSON and PATRICK J. McDONNELL, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Amid an outpouring of national unity, some members of Congress have quietly begun to resist the administration's tough new security measures aimed at noncitizens, voicing particular concerns about jailing even permanent legal immigrants without charge for indefinite periods.
NEWS
September 17, 2001 | ERIC LICHTBLAU and RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR and NICK ANDERSON, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
The Bush administration, demanding immediate action to plug security holes left glaringly exposed by last week's attacks, pushed Sunday for expanded emergency powers to track down terrorism suspects and fortify airports and airliners.
NEWS
August 25, 2001 | EDWIN CHEN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
President Bush said Friday that his plan to help Mexican and other illegal immigrant workers acquire legal status will not shortchange those "who have been waiting in line legally." The president gave that assurance as he also flatly dismissed--with considerable ardor--any suggestion that his immigration reform package is driven by a desire to woo the growing Latino voting population, whose support is key to his political fortunes.
NEWS
August 20, 2001 | JAMES F. SMITH, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Neither the United States nor Mexico appears to want to face a central issue in the debate over immigration policy: how to develop poor rural villages and stagnant regional cities in Mexico so that would-be migrants can get decent jobs at home. As Presidents Bush and Vicente Fox look for solutions ahead of a summit in Washington next month, most of the talk is about recognizing the reality of the endless flow of migrants.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
August 11, 2001 | DANIEL YI, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Their tales were as varied as their origins: a Somali woman trapped by war, the son of a former South Vietnamese army officer branded for life by the Communists, and an Iranian couple persecuted under religious laws. They all escaped, and today they are members of a vibrant Orange County refugee community that gathered Friday at the annual Orange County Refugee Day, sponsored by the Refugee Forum of Orange County.