Special Registration for Arab Immigrants Will Reportedly Stop

New York Times ^ | November 22, 2003 | RACHEL L. SWARNS

[flamefront]

Uh-oh, I don't see any advocates for regular citizens in this discussion.

[risk]

stunning

[gubamyster]

ping

[dagnabbit]

Of the 85,000 men who went to immigration offices early this year, as well as tens of thousands screened at airports and border crossings, 11 had links to terrorism, officials said.

Well that's 11 islamic-terrorist-connected folks we won't catch next year. Not to mention the hundreds of islamic-terrorist-connected folks not detected as such, but kicked out as illegal aliens under the program. Not to mention the thousands of "regular" illegal aliens found through the program.

I can't wait until the Republicans are back in power so we can get serious about stopping Islamic terrorists from coming into the country.

[Mr. Mojo]

Of the 85,000 men who went to immigration offices early this year, as well as tens of thousands screened at airports and border crossings, 11 had links to terrorism, officials said.

11 that they know of.

[Fledermaus]

I can't wait until the Republicans are back in power so we can get serious about stopping Islamic terrorists from coming into the country.

The Republicans are in power, that's the problem. The Rockefeller wing has taken over in revenge against us conservatives.

[RIGHT IN SEATTLE]

Thanks for the Fl%^cking advise!

[BulletBobCo]

This post would sound better with the removal of the first three words in the title.

[MissAmericanPie]

We are paying what for this kind of protection from what is laughingly refered to as "Homeland Security"?

32 billion just in start up costs for yet another totally useless, non-functioning, corruptable, that will end up doing more harm to average americans than it ever will to terrorist, fat, over blown, through the roof expensive, federal agency.

[Wolfhound777]

Incredible! The Office of Homeland Insecurity is living up to its name. Save the tax payers some money and disband them. They won't get past PC to do the job anyway.

[dagnabbit]

No kidding.

We would be significantly more secue now, if sometime in September 2001, the Administration had announced that all aliens from the following countries (insert Islamic League members here) were barred entry to the USA until further notice, and such aliens already here had 30 days to be elsewhere.

[GatekeeperBookman]

"The War has many facets; http://aztlan.net/ Look at your enemy."

People say this anti-immigrant rant & racist talk will get us banned. Perhaps such removal would be a piece-meal affair, like the firing of the rebellious general officers in the military by the Klinton stooges. Wouldn't want any sudden 'mass' removals-that would be, well...too much like racist immigrant bashing & MASS DEPORTATION.

Am I the only person to note that 'racist' has replaced 'bigoted' as the pejorative slander of choice, THEE high sin of the PC culture? A more harsh term I suspect-a sharper sword.

[Iscool]

You of course, are correct...But our global president doesn't share our views on illegal, criminal immigration...

While I initially thouht this plan of the government's was totally stupid and a waste of taxpayer monies, I underestimated the stupidity of the illegal aliens...
Imagine putting an ad in the paper for all rapists, murderers and thieves to come on in and register...And then sit there and wait for 'em to show up...Well, plenty of A-rabs did just that...
Apparently they eventually wised up and quit volunteering to get arrested...

[Jim Noble]

President Bush has done a reasonable job in the war against our enemies-but his government will fall, and he will be replaced by a socialist, if we are attacked in our own country again by persons who should have been excluded or deported.

It is unimaginable to me (I literally have no explanation) that Muslim males of military age are permitted to enter this country or remain here without intensive screening and passage of some kind of loyalty test.

<What on earth is Bush thinking?

[Jim Noble]

Of the 85,000 men who went to immigration offices early this year, as well as tens of thousands screened at airports and border crossings, 11 had links to terrorism, officials said

Speaking of the eleven-what was done with their bodies?

[FITZ]

I guess he figures that with Americans removing their shoes at the airports everything is safe now. It's okay to let anyone into the country and we don't have to worry about what they might be up to.

[lightning]

"Of the 85,000 men who went to immigration offices early this year, as well as tens of thousands screened at airports and border crossings, 11 had links to terrorism, officials said."

How many did it take to knock down two skyscrapers demolish the Pentagon and kill thousands of American citizens--ANSWER: 19

[kenth]

Of the 85,000 men who went to immigration offices early this year, as well as tens of thousands screened at airports and border crossings, 11 had links to terrorism, officials said.

This is an outrage! Inconveniencing all those poor men just to find only eleven had terrorist ties. How could we allow that to happen?

Honestly, what could eleven men do? It's not as if there's enough of them to hijack a couple planes and kill a few thousand people by bringing down two major buildi...

never mind.

[Dr Warmoose]

Using this logic, we should immediately get rid of the "Insta-Check" system to screen gun owners.

Think that will happen? Hell no. Muslims have a right to terrorize Americans. Americans have no right to defend themselves from such animals.

[SCalGal]

Am I the only person to note that 'racist' has replaced 'bigoted' as the pejorative slander of choice, THEE high sin of the PC culture? A more harsh term I suspect-a sharper sword.

You're not the only one, and you're right.