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Zerohedge.com refers to claims by The Center for Immigration Studies that the federal judge who halted President Donald Trump's travel ban was wrong in stating that no one from the 7 countries targeted in Trump's order has been arrested for extremism in the United States since the 2001 terrorist attacks. They say that 72 individuals, who apparently came from those 7 countries, have been convicted of terrorism since 9/11.

According to Wikipedia, The Center for Immigration Studies is a non-profit research organization that "favors far lower immigration numbers and produces research to further those views."

The Hearing in Federal Court.    As AP first reported, during a hearing in Seattle last week, Federal Judge Robart asked a Justice Department lawyer how many arrests of foreign nationals from the countries have occurred since 9/11. When the lawyer said she didn't know, Robart answered his own question:

"Let me tell, you, the answer to that is none, as best I can tell. You're here arguing on behalf of someone that says we have to protect the United States from these individuals coming from these countries and there's no support for that."

Senate Subcommittee Investigation and Report.     In June 2016, the Senate Subcommittee on Immigration and the National Interest, then chaired by new Attorney General Jeff Sessions, supposedly released a report on individuals convicted in terror cases since 9/11. It is said that the report found that 380 out of 580 people convicted in terror cases since 9/11 were foreign-born. Of those 380, The Center for Immigration Studies says it extracted information on 72 individuals named in the Senate report whose country of origin is one of the seven terror-associated countries included in the vetting executive order: Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen. At least 25 of these immigrants eventually became citizens; 10 were lawful permanent residents; and, 4 were illegal aliens.

Based on this referenced report – which until now had not been mentioned in any discussions – and the research that The Center claims to have conducted, it would seem that a premise of the seven "mostly muslim" nations' mostly-peaceful, non-terrorist ways may be in doubt.

Stay tuned  - I’m sure we’ll be hearing more about this report, if its contents can be substantiated.