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America has long welcomed newcomers from foreign lands--Middle Eastern refugees, Latin American job seekers, Canadian shoppers, Asian students or European tourists who want to try a Budweiser beer and watch a Broadway show. They come to take advantage of the country's largesse-- its political, financial and social opportunities--and they come in very large numbers. Last year the United States issued 7 million visas to foreigners--but that's only a fraction of the estimated 500 million people who enter and leave the United States every year.
Given such a vast number of visitors, it's perhaps not surprising that the Immigration and Naturalization Service focuses ...