US immigration trends report [Pew Hispanic Center] News
US immigration trends report [Pew Hispanic Center]

Rise, Peak, and Decline: Trends in U.S. Immigration 1992-2004, Pew Hispanic Center, September 27, 2005 [report concluding that legal immigration to the US has decreased and the rate of illegal immigration into the US has increased since the September 11 terror attacks]. Read the full text of the report here [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chasehere.

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Peace treaty between Japan and 48 nations formally ended WWII

On April 28, 1952, a peace treaty between Japan and 48 nations took effect, formally ending World War II.

Review the terms of the San Francisco Treaty.

Former CIA official Aldrich Ames pleads guilty to spying for USSR

On April 28, 1994, Aldrich Ames, a former CIA official, pleaded guilty to passing US secrets to the USSR during the Cold War. Ames further confessed that he continued spying for Russia after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Learn more about the case of Aldrich Ames from the FBI. Also read a CNN interview with Ames.