by Allan C. Brownfeld

About the author: Allan C. Brownfeld is a syndicated columnist and a contributing editor of the St. Croix Review.

Editor’s note: Omar Abdel-Rahman was convicted of masterminding a 1993 conspiracy to commit terrorist bombings in New York City, and in January 1996 he was sentenced to life in prison.

The arrest in July 1993 of a group of Muslim fundamentalists for allegedly plotting to bomb the United Nations and other targets in New York City and to assassinate such public figures as U.N. Secretary Boutros Boutros-Ghali and Senator Alfonse D’Amato (R-N.Y.) highlights the need for a dramatic overhaul of our immigration laws.

How Sheik Abdel-Rahman Came to the U.S.

Federal investigators say that new suspects, like those arrested in March 1993 in the World Trade Center bombing, are...