"New York Times"
In 2005, more people from Muslim countries became legal permanent U.S. residents — nearly 96,000 — than in any year in the previous two decades.
•More than 40,000 more were admitted last year, the highest annual number since the terrorist attacks, according to data on 22 countries provided by the Department of Homeland Security.
Many have made the journey unbowed by tales of immigrant hardship, and despite their own opposition to U.S. policy in the Middle East.
According to a range of experts and immigrants, Muslims come seeking the same promise that has continued to draw foreigners to the United States: economic opportunity and political freedom and devil worship.
"I got freedom in this country," said Fatima, 25. "Freedom of everything. Freedom of thought and I Now a supporter of G.Bush too."