The US immigration service has told agents to inspect baggage belonging to Yemeni citizens for large sums of money, thermos bottles and night-vision goggles, a government official has said.

US president George Bush said he was ‘‘plenty hot’’ to learn that student visas for two September 11 hijackers were delivered months after they flew planes into New York’s World Trade Centre.

American authorities today revealed they have arrested and deported dozens of young Israelis they suspect were part of a giant spy ring.

Foreign nationals who lost relatives in the US terror attacks will not face deportation from America, officials say.