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www.cis.org ^ | Center for Immigration Studies

Posted on 11/29/2004 8:57:02 AM PST by immigrationreformactivist

Since the September 11 attacks, a new consensus appears to have developed on the need for tighter immigration enforcement and border controls. Gone are the days when the Wall Street Journal repeatedly called for a constitutional amendment declaring that “there shall be open borders.” Knowledgeable Americans have come to understand that our welcoming immigration policies are easily exploited by terrorists and that porous borders and lax immigration enforcement are no longer an option. With at least 8 million illegal aliens living in the United States and nearly one million new aliens arriving each year, the potential for terrorists entering the United States undetected is high.

The agencies responsible for immigration have made significant changes to the way in which our immigration system operates. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), for instance, decided that it should start looking for the 300,000-plus foreigners who have absconded after being ordered deported, and these names are being entered into the FBI’s national crime database. And the State Department began requiring more intensive examination of visa applications from young men from Muslim countries (the policy has since been expanded to young men from all countries).

While the visa applications of nearly all of the September 11 hijackers should have been rejected according to State Department protocol (but were approved perhaps due to an overworked and understaffed State Department), there is still reluctance on the part of some advocate groups to even acknowledge any connection between terrorism prevention and immigration policy. Cecilia Munoz of the National Council of La Raza believes “There’s no relationship between immigration and terrorism.” And Jeanne Butterfield, executive director of the American Immigration Lawyers Association echoed this denial of reality immediately after the attacks: “I don’t think the events of last week can be attributed to the failure of our immigration laws.” Our research coupled with common sense proves otherwise.

Center for Immigration Studies Director of Research, Steven Camarota explains that: “Because every part of our immigration system has been exploited by terrorists, we cannot reform just one area, but must address the problems that exist throughout. The solution is not to single out Middle Easterners for exclusion or selective enforcement. Instead we need to more carefully check the backgrounds of all visa applicants, better police the borders, strictly enforce the law within the country, and, most importantly, reduce the level of immigration to give government agencies the breathing space necessary to implement fundamental reforms.”


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: agents; aliens; beebers; customes; customesagents; devices; immigration; security; stuned; stunedbeebers; tiajunna
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1 posted on 11/29/2004 8:57:02 AM PST by immigrationreformactivist
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To: immigrationreformactivist

Please take the time to participate in the threads you post.
Posting and running, i.e. "Posting and not responding" is not viewed in a good light.

Your previous responseless thread:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1290387/posts


2 posted on 11/29/2004 9:04:35 AM PST by Darksheare (I have friends, and I have co-conspirators.)
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To: Darksheare
Sitting back and waiting

Darks pass the popcorn

3 posted on 11/29/2004 9:06:59 AM PST by scott0347 (Commander of the 0347th Lancer Brigade, Operator of the Immaculate Steamroller)
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To: scott0347

Popcorn, sure.
It's ready to go.
;-)


4 posted on 11/29/2004 9:10:29 AM PST by Darksheare (I have friends, and I have co-conspirators.)
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To: immigrationreformactivist; Darksheare; meowmeow; Constitution Day; 4mycountry; Poohbah; ...
I smell troll...

You post and run and do not respond to questions.

Kitties? What do you think?


5 posted on 11/29/2004 9:12:49 AM PST by Zavien Doombringer (Have you gotten your Viking Kittie Patch today? Freepmail Visualops or myself for details)
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To: Zavien Doombringer

Set TROLLCON ONE, confidence is HIGH, repeat confidence is HIGH.


6 posted on 11/29/2004 9:13:48 AM PST by Poohbah (Crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of their women!)
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To: immigrationreformactivist

If you are trolling for hits on the Center for Immigration Studies website, you might want to stick around and discuss the issues rather than posting and then ducking. This is a site for discussing issues, not for posting excerpts to attract hits on another website. Unless you actually start responding and discussing these articles, your stay in FR will be very shortlived.


7 posted on 11/29/2004 9:16:09 AM PST by VRWCmember ("The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left." Eccl. 10:2)
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To: Darksheare; immigrationreformactivist

Here come the VKs.

immigrationreformactivist,
What do you think about viking immagration?


8 posted on 11/29/2004 9:16:47 AM PST by scott0347 (Commander of the 0347th Lancer Brigade, Operator of the Immaculate Steamroller)
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To: Zavien Doombringer
I smell troll...

Probably not a troll in the traditional thick-ankled, hairy-backed, deodorantless feminist democrat variety. But this poster does appear to be "trolling" for hits on the Center for Immigration Studies website. I think the jury is still out on whether to hit the "Zot" key or the "Ignore" key.

9 posted on 11/29/2004 9:18:11 AM PST by VRWCmember ("The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left." Eccl. 10:2)
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To: immigrationreformactivist; Darksheare; meowmeow; Constitution Day; 4mycountry; Poohbah; ...

Stand by for Immigrant Song

Click the pic!

10 posted on 11/29/2004 9:19:44 AM PST by Zavien Doombringer (Have you gotten your Viking Kittie Patch today? Freepmail Visualops or myself for details)
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To: VRWCmember

Well, we just had "Pandemic_1918" trolling for hits on his own website "Recombinomics.com".
He has been blasted to tiny bits.


11 posted on 11/29/2004 9:19:46 AM PST by Darksheare (I have friends, and I have co-conspirators.)
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To: Zavien Doombringer

What questions do you have?


12 posted on 11/29/2004 9:23:33 AM PST by immigrationreformactivist
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To: immigrationreformactivist

You respond to post 5, but not post 2?

"Please take the time to participate in the threads you post.
Posting and running, i.e. "Posting and not responding" is not viewed in a good light.

Your previous responseless thread:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1290387/posts"


13 posted on 11/29/2004 9:25:12 AM PST by Darksheare (I have friends, and I have co-conspirators.)
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To: immigrationreformactivist

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1290387/posts?page=7#7


14 posted on 11/29/2004 9:25:42 AM PST by Darksheare (I have friends, and I have co-conspirators.)
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To: immigrationreformactivist
1. Why did you post 2 threads and ignore the first.

2. Why are you posting looking for hits?

15 posted on 11/29/2004 9:27:19 AM PST by Zavien Doombringer (Have you gotten your Viking Kittie Patch today? Freepmail Visualops or myself for details)
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To: immigrationreformactivist
How would you suggest reforming the immigration system?
16 posted on 11/29/2004 9:34:10 AM PST by scott0347 (Commander of the 0347th Lancer Brigade, Operator of the Immaculate Steamroller)
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To: immigrationreformactivist

hellloooooooooo any one home?


17 posted on 11/29/2004 9:44:09 AM PST by scott0347 (Commander of the 0347th Lancer Brigade, Operator of the Immaculate Steamroller)
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To: scott0347

Hmmmm... will have to try this tact

LAST POST


18 posted on 11/29/2004 9:53:22 AM PST by scott0347 (Commander of the 0347th Lancer Brigade, Operator of the Immaculate Steamroller)
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To: immigrationreformactivist

19 posted on 11/29/2004 9:54:38 AM PST by rightwingreligiousfanatic (You cannot stop me...... I'll just make...... a "move"........)
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To: immigrationreformactivist

This is hughly stuning.
Ganags of epopel will hab to watch their beebers goog tonight.
Thankfully there are epopel with goog ehads on their shoulders.


20 posted on 11/29/2004 9:59:05 AM PST by Darksheare (I have friends, and I have co-conspirators.)
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