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WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly a million foreigners
were granted legal permanent residency in the United
States last year, a 27 percent increase over the number
given green cards the year before.
Some 915,900 people legally immigrated here in 1996,
up from 720,461 in 1995, the Immigration and Naturaliza
tion Service said Tuesday.
Pro-immigration and anti-immigration groups alike
pounced on the statistics to buttress their arguments.
“We don’t need increasing numbers of immi
grants,” said Dan Stein, head of the Federation for
American Immigration Reform, which favors a mora
torium on most immigration. “The whole system is
out of control, and what we need is an immigration
timeout... to allow Congress to rework the system so
that it protects America’s long-term interests.”
But a pro-immigration coalition pronounced the
1996 increase a tempc ary surge, noting that INS pro
jections show rates declining in the next year or two.
“Legal immigration is a highly regulated and tightly
controlled system that we believe serves the national in
terest,” said leanne Butterfield, executive director of the
American Immigration Lawyers Association.
While the 1996 numbers mark a reversal of a four-
year decline, legal immigration rates remain well be
low the highs posted at the turn of the century, when
waves of immigrants flocked to Ellis Island.
Newcomers account for four of every 1,000 residents
now — down from 12 per 1,000 in 1910, said Stephen
Moore of the Cato Institute, which favors higher rates of
legal immigration than permitted now.
Last year’s increase is due in part to a 1986 law that
provided amnesty to nearly 3 million illegal immi
grants. As those immigrants became citizens after five
years of legal residency, they in turn have been bring
ing spouses, children and parents to the United States.
Other reasons for the increase include delays in
processing applications in 1995, which pushed
many into 1996, and a one-time gain in family pref
erence visas in 1996.
“While this is neither a surprise nor particularly big
news, given how easy it is to distort this debate over im
migration, we thought it important to put it in context,”
said Frank Sharry, head of the National Immigration Fo
rum, which opposes limits on legal immigration rates.
The debate focuses on whether immigration provides
economic, social and cultural benefits to the United
States — or is a drain on society.
“Immigrants are not just mouths to feed. They
are productive hands and fertile minds,” said the
Cato Institute’s Moore.
But Chairman Lamar Smith, R-Texas, chairman of
the House judiciary’s immigration subconunittee,
questioned the nation’s immigration policies.
Legal
immigration "
Total number of legal immigran!$i§j
enter the U.S.:
Thousands of immigrants, figures
2000
1800
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1991
11,827
400
1987
602
Per 1,000 per populate
1910
1996 Ha
1987 88 '89 '90'91 '92'93’94’55
Source Cato Institute Census Bureau
Peruvian forces storm
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It ended quickly. As smoke bil
lowed over the residence, tri
umphant soldiers hauled down
the guerrillas’ flag, and ex
hostages and rescuers cheered
and jubilantly sang the Peruvian
national anthem. A large pool of
blood could be seen at the bottom
of a stairway. The dead rebels in
cluded at least two teen-age girls.
The relatively low casualty toll
among hostages was surprising to
some. An armed forces assess
ment early in the 126-day siege es
timated such an assault would
cost the lives of 70 percent of those
in the compound.
The hostages, all male, were
mostly Peruvians, but also included
24 Japanese —12 businessmen and
12 diplomats, including Japan’s am
bassador, Morihisa Aoki, who suf
fered a slight elbow injury during
the rescue. There were no Ameri
cans among the hostages.
Less than an hour after the
raid, Fujimori strapped on a bul
letproof vest and victoriously en
tered the compound. He shook
ex-hostages’ hands and joined
with them and soldiers in singing
the national anthem.
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) —
Whitewater prosecutors today dis
closed they have gathered “exten
sive evidence” of possible obstruc
tion of justice and asked a judge to
extend the investigating grand jury’s
term by six months.
The office of independent coun
sel Kenneth Starr cited the obstruc
tion probe as well as substantial
new information from James Mc-
Dougal, a former business partner
of President and Mrs. Clinton, in re
questing that the grand jury’s term
be extended to Nov. 7.
The panel is set to expire May 7.
McDougal began cooperating
last year after his conviction.
“This grand jury has also heard ex
tensive evidence of possible obstruc
tion of the administration of justice,”
said the court papers filed with U.S.
District Judge Susan Webber Wright.
The papers said Starr wants to exam
ine possible "concealment and de
struction of evidence and intimida
tion of witnesses.”
“There have been efforts by
some persons and entities to chal
lenge subpoenas and there have
been assertions of privilege.”
Prosecutors told the court they
still wanted the testimony from Mc-
Dougal’s ex-wife, Susan, wl
convicted with her husba
fraud charges last year. She
fused to testify before theWhia
ter grand jury in LittleRoclii
jailed for contempt of court.
Investigations include:
—Payments to Whitewate:
ness Webster Hubbell arraif
longtime friends of the pres:
The investigation centers
whether the payments were
signed to discourage Hubbell
giving prosecutors info®
about the president and finiis
—Whether the president
in sworn testimony lasn
denying any knowledge
fraudulent $300,000 fedr:
backed loan to Mrs. McDo:
Part of the loan was usedtof
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$300,000 was never repaid.
—The disappearance and:
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ton’s law firm billing records
lining her work for McDt
failing savings and lotj
Arkansas. The records varJ
and turned up in theWhiteEl
more than two years afterir-
gators subpoenaed them,
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