Posted on 05/17/2024 5:12:54 AM PDT by MtnClimber
"I did not ask for any names, IDs, addresses, anything that would breach privacy, nor did I ask for any law enforcement sensitive information," Fox News reporter Bill Melugin wrote in a post on X. "I simply requested *only* the nationalities of people arrested on the list, so the public can have an understanding of where in the world they are coming from."
The Department of Homeland Security declined to share the nationalities of people on the terror watchlist who entered the United States illegally with a reporter on Wednesday, claiming their right to "privacy" outweighs the public's right to know.
Fox News reporter Bill Melugin filed a Freedom of Information Act request that only sought the nationalities of the individuals, not including more identifying information such as their names or location. The denial of the request occurred on the same day that at least one illegal immigrant reportedly on the terror watchlist was apprehended while attempting to infiltrate the Quantico Marine Corps base in Virginia.
“The privacy interests of the individuals in the records you have requested outweigh any minimal public interest in disclosure of the information," the department told Melugin in a letter, he wrote in a post on X. "Any private interest you may have in that information does not factor into the aforementioned balancing test.”
Melugin pushed back on the rejection in a post to social media on Thursday, defending his request for the information and claiming that most of the rejection had nothing to do with what he was asking for. He also vowed to appeal the decision.
Trump should be hammering on this.
Any bets the author’s name has been added to the watchlist?
These people have no self awareness. They have no idea how stupid that sounds.
EC
DHS: the Bush gift that keeps on giving.
their right to “privacy”?
These are filthy illegal alien terrorist savages storming the border. Don’t damn talk to me about “privacy” you DHS cretin.
When these “migrants” drop an explosive on a 4th of July parade, remember who let them in. It was the treasonous Puppet Biden and his Cuban pig, Mayorkas. /spit
are we living in an occupied country?
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excerpt:
Fox News reporter Bill Melugin filed a Freedom of Information Act request that only sought the nationalities of the individuals, not including more identifying information such as their names or location. The denial of the request occurred on the same day that at least one illegal immigrant reportedly on the terror watchlist was apprehended while attempting to infiltrate the Quantico Marine Corps base in Virginia.
Like I’ve always said, the second most dangerous organization ever instituted (by GWB). The first was TSA. Black helicopters, black uniforms, black boots. Remind you of anything/anyone?
The Left never misses an opportunity to flip us the bird.
Ditto
Terrorists right to murder you and your family outweighs your right to live.
Democrats mindset on parade.
BTTT
There should be no expectation of privacy for any name on a terrorist watch list. Not by anyone or any entity. The mentally ill are running the asylum.
With the Biden gang in power, disbanding DHS to make the BP an independent department wouldn’t solve the problem. They would just appoint new stooges at the top.
Identifying source nations might interfere with State Dept boondoggels.
Quotes from the Refugee Convention:
Article 23 - Public relief
The Contracting States shall accord to refugees lawfully staying in their territory the same treatment with respect to public relief and assistance as is accorded to their nationals.
Article 17 - Wage-earning employment
....
2. In any case, restrictive measures imposed on aliens or the employment of aliens for the protection of the national labour market shall not be applied to a refugee...who fulfils one of the following conditions:
(a) He has completed three years’ residence in the country;
....
(c) He has one or more children possessing the nationality of the country of residence.
Article 34 - Naturalization [and getting the right to vote (and buy AR-15s)]
The Contracting States shall as far as possible facilitate the assimilation and naturalization of refugees. They shall in particular make every effort to expedite naturalization proceedings and to reduce as far as possible the charges and costs of such proceedings.
https://www.ohchr.org/en/instruments-mechanisms/instruments/convention-relating-status-refugees
Article 44 - Denunciation [getting out from under the Refugee Convention]
1. Any Contracting State may denounce this Convention at any time by a notification addressed to the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
2. Such denunciation shall take effect for the Contracting State concerned one year from the date upon which it is received by the Secretary-General of the United Nations....
The Refugee Convention must be removed from the Democratic Party toolbox by invoking Article 44.
Article 31. - Refugees unlawfully in the country of refuge
1. The Contracting States shall not impose penalties, on account of their illegal entry or presence, on refugees who, coming directly from a territory where their life or freedom was threatened in the sense of article 1, enter or are present in their territory without authorization, provided they present themselves without delay to the authorities and show good cause for their illegal entry or presence.
2. The Contracting States shall not apply to the movements of such refugees restrictions other than those which are necessary and such restrictions shall only be applied until their status in the country is regularized or they obtain admission into another country. The Contracting States shall allow such refugees a reasonable period and all the necessary facilities to obtain admission into another country.
Article 32. - Expulsion
1. The Contracting States shall not expel a refugee lawfully in their territory save on grounds of national security or public order.
2. The expulsion of such a refugee shall be only in pursuance of a decision reached in accordance with due process of law. Except where compelling reasons of national security otherwise require, the refugee shall be allowed to submit evidence to clear himself, and to appeal to and be represented for the purpose before competent authority or a person or persons specially designated by the competent authority.
3. The Contracting States shall allow such a refugee a reasonable period within which to seek legal admission into another country. The Contracting States reserve the right to apply during that period such internal measures as they may deem necessary.
The Refugee Convention by permitting illegal entry (and entry upon any request) makes it impossible to secure the border. We need to get out from under the Refugee Convention.
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