Posted on 11/16/2015 6:09:32 PM PST by Maceman
The far-right wing in both America and Europe have seized on the Paris terror attacks as an excuse to turn away the thousands of desperate refugees who are fleeing the terror and violence of ISIS. Thirteen American governors (all Republican) have announced they will refuse to accept Syrian refugees in their states, demonstrating a remarkable ignorance of Constitutional law. As ThinkProgress noted, "the Supreme Court explained in Hines v. Davidowitz, "the supremacy of the national power in the general field of foreign affairs, including power over immigration, naturalization and deportation, is made clear by the Constitution." States do not get to overrule the federal government on matters such as this one."
Those declarations by GOP governors are riding the wave of Islamophobia coursing through the right-wing. Jeb Bush and Ted Cruz both proposed profiling refugees by religion and "only accepting Christians," because despite the fact that Christian terrorist attacks take place in our country on a regular basis, Cruz thinks "there is no meaningful risk of Christians committing acts of terror." Trump said that he would "strongly consider" shutting down mosques in America, completely contradicting his widely professed devotion for "religious freedom." Mike Huckabee called for the new Speaker of the House, Paul Ryan, to halt the "importation" of refugees or resign.
President Obama ripped these xenophobic bigots in his Monday press conference, chastising them for abandoning American values and buying into their own fearmongering:
"When I hear folks say that, well, maybe we should just admit the Christians, but not the Muslims, when I hear political leaders suggesting that there would be a religious test for which person who’s fleeing from a war-torn country is admitted, when some of those folks themselves come from families who benefited from protection when they were fleeing political persecution, that’s shameful. That’s not American. That’s not who we are. we don’t have religious tests to our compassion."
He is absolutely right. While there are certainly dangers we need to address, this kind of reaction from the right-wing is exactly what ISIS wanted. By reacting with fear and discrimination, we marginalize more Muslims and push them into the arms of extremists. The passport that indicated one of the attackers was a Syrian refugee is likely fake, and an obvious plant to inflame fear of refugees. These people are desperately fleeing their homes because the murderous horrors of the Paris attacks are a daily occurrence in ISIS territory – a mass grave of eighty murdered women was recently discovered in Iraq's Sinjar province by liberating Kurdish peshmerga units. It is our moral obligation to accept and protect the incoming refugees in the face of unthinkable violence.
Christie said he’d refuse and he is a lawyer who prosecuted and convicted terrorists under Bush. So, he should know the law. We will see. I saw another article saying similar to the article cited in the OP.
Written in 2005 - so much is spot on. How surreal is it that there is a Muslim in the White House . . .
...so is killing them but that may happen before they find a place to live.
Wanna make something of it, Federales?
But “sanctuary cities” - in defiance of Federal law - are ok?
“That’s not American. That’s not who WE are.”
He’s correct. He’s not an American. He’s a Kenyan muslim.
Great cartoon! But I would have had “global warming” as one of his guesses instead of “armed insurgency”.
A problem for the feds iswhere will these so called refugees live. Private property and state property cannot be easily commandeered to house them. Local school boards cannot be compelled toaccept students without local addresses. All welfare is administered by local and state govts. Governors can officialy order their state workers to refuse to accept applications or pay benefits. Let Barky and his stooge AG take the governors of 30 states to court. . In the end Barky will dump these people where he should. In blue state Dem strongholds. The govs can’t prevent the so called refugees, but they have the authority to make their stay impossible.
Hey Maceman,
We’re “xenophobic bigots”
:)
I can live with that.
Who cares what anti-constitutionalists say about the constitution?
Soros, the one who seeks to control banks and governments through propaganda
A screening or vetting center might sound better. Each one stays until thoroughly checked for background - the kind you get for FBI clearance almost...ought to take awhile.
Isn’t Congress responsible for IMMIGRATION ..??
Or do I have this confused with something else. I’ll have to look it up tomorrow .. but I think the Governors can sue the Feds for “forcing them to take people who are a danger to their state’s citizens”.
Legal? What’s that?
You are either for Americans or for Illegal Immigrants. You cannot be for both.
I mean, especially the French. They have ~300kt nuclear warheads on cruise missiles. An exact location isn't required, is it? /sarc>
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