(National Review) Lenny Ben-David - Arab sources claim that in 2001, 50,000 Arab students attended American colleges and universities. The vast majority of those students are peaceful, nonviolent, would-be scholars. But checks by the FBI and Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration are leading to the arrest and - in some cases deportation - of these visitors to American campuses. As of February 2003, more than 1,230 people of Middle East descent (and including Pakistanis and Afghanis) were in detention, many awaiting deportation.
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