doubled, from about 5 percent of legal immigrants in 1992 to about 10 percent in 2012." While it is a diverse group with not all holding to the same ideology or hatred of the West, there are enough radicals among them to constitute a clear and present danger. Groups like the Council on American–Islamic Relations (CAIR) intimidate some politicians and the media with cries of "Islamophobia" whenever anyone warns of the radicals' agenda.

As the Center for Immigration Studies points out, "Since the November 1990 assassination of Rabbi Meir Kahane by an Egyptian, the immigrant Muslim community has been associated with a great number of violent incidents -- all these even before the atrocities on September 11, 2001. In its long history of immigration, the United States has neverPro-Russian activists guard the main administration building in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk Monday in Donetsk. (Alexander Khudoteply / AFP via Getty Images)

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KIEV, UKRAINE — Pro-Russian separatists who seized a provincial administration building in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk proclaimed the region independent Monday — an echo of events prior to Russia’s annexation of Crimea. Ukrainian authorities called the move an attempt by Russia to sow unrest.

The Interfax news agency said the activists demanded that a referendum be held no later than May 11 on the possible secession of the Donetsk region, which borders Russia.

Outside the administration building, a barricade of car tires and razor wire was built up to keep police from retaking it. Police said those inside the building were armed.

Speaking in a