Lawmakers want U.S. to bar entry of West Africans over Ebola fears

Reuters ^ | 10/9/14

[SoFloFreeper]

More than two dozen lawmakers want the United States government to ban travelers from the West African countries hit hardest by the Ebola virus until the outbreak is under control.

Twenty-three Republican and three Democratic members of the U.S. House of Representatives signed a letter released on Thursday to President Barack Obama asking the State Department to impose a travel ban and restrict visas issued to citizens of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.

In the letter, dated Oct. 8, they also asked U.S. health and border control officials to consider quarantine for anyone who arrives from the affected nations...

[SoFloFreeper]

bill Nelson, the demon rat senator from Florida, is in Miami today. He is saying how much he wants to stop people coming from Africa. The media has not accused him of racism.

[Don Corleone]

Lawmakers want U.S. to bar entry of West Africans over Ebola fears

Damn right! Way past time for this, unless epidemic is on Obama's agenda.

[Perseverando]

[WayneS]

You’re the lawmakers - who’s stopping you?

[thackney]

a couple dozen is a long way from 535...

[wtd]

So long as financial interests remain at risk, the rest of us can pound sand.

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  Getting aid to the Ebola affected African nations is NOT the political rationale keeping this administration from blocking travel from affected nations. Money . . .investments involved in commerce between these nations is what is held as a paramount concern.

[Cowboy Bob]

The Republicans need to make it a campaign issue.

[Cementjungle]

You’re the lawmakers - who’s stopping you?

Really. They seem to have accepted the fact that king Obama is the ruler of the land, and they can only politely ask him for favors.

[Brother Cracker]

[kidd]

What about the tuberculosis, whooping cough and polio infested people crossing our porous southern border?

They will ultimately kill more Americans than West Africans.

[fatnotlazy]

“You’re the lawmakers - who’s stopping you?”

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How long has this been going on and now they’re coming out of the woodwork?

I guess these “lawmakers” have finally decided it would be politically advantageous for them to go before the cameras and start whining. They don’t do anything unless it’s politically advantageous. If they really cared, they would have done something on their own.

[Sacajaweau]

naw....wait till we have 20 new cases. Give it a month.

I dread this. I think we're due for another Obama speech "Do Not Be Afraid"...I will save you. And if I can't...we'll pick up your funeral expenses.

[RetSignman]

Don't panic, it's all under control.

[Uncle Miltie]

PASS A LAW!!!!

[pfflier]

That only works if the borders are secure.

[Old Yeller]

I guess they’re finally starting to worrry about their own hides.

[DoughtyOne]

Good one.

[WayneS]

But who’s stopping them from trying?

[DJ MacWoW]

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[ChicagahAl]

According to the WSJ, South Africa, Kenya and Zambia have banned travel from the Hot Zone countries.

I guess they must be racist.

Or something.