..From Associated Press
Ridge also defended a part of the plan in which asylum-seekers from Iraq and 33 other countries will be held for background checks. That move comes as the FBI stepped up surveillance on certain Iraqis in America and other suspected terrorists or terrorist sympathizers.
"We want to make sure, during this period of time, that you are who you say you are," Ridge said.
Ridge also defended a part of the plan in which asylum-seekers from Iraq and 33 other countries will be held for background checks. That move comes as the FBI stepped up surveillance on certain Iraqis in America and other suspected terrorists or terrorist sympathizers.
"We want to make sure, during this period of time, that you are who you say you are," Ridge said.
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