[philman_36]

"The Internet and prison conversion are the two biggest new trends that policymakers need to look at more closely," Neuhaus Schaan said.
This isn't "new" by a long shot! Even Wikipedia has this guy beat.

Conversion to Islam in U.S. prisons
Concern over jailhouse conversions to Islam first rose in 2001...
Snip...In a 2004 report, the Justice Department faulted the prison system for failing to protect against “infiltration by religious extremists.”

This guy has had his head buried in the sand for years!

[no-to-illegals]

You are correct. Best guess ... this has been going on since the sixties.

[odds]

Thanks for highlighting that point. I suspect the internet trend goes back to the last decade too, perhaps even to the mid 1990s. As access to and use of the internet became more widespread.

There is a fair bit one can read into the stats the guy has provided. So, “new” trend relative to what? How does he define “new” trend?

Although in the next sentence he does say: “”We’ve seen a major change in how people become associated with extremist groups in the past 20 years, and we need to adapt.”