One of my main objections to immigration policies these days, is that we absolutely swamp localities across this nation with saturation immigration. Here's another 7,000 immigrants that don't know anything about the U.S. except they heard it was a great place. They don't know english, our customs and will generally set up a mini-nation state where U.S. citizens used to live. In that enclave they will mostly speak their native tongue and assimilate over the next 300 years. Wonderful.
I live in a community that has had this happen to it. In some ways people do assimilate. In others they remain as if they still lived in the old country. It's very impactful on the community and not in positive ways.
I'm not convinced these folks will be symapthetic to Al Qaeda at all. That's not the point. The point is, why are we so damned desperate to ship anyone to the U.S. that wants to come, and if they don't know anything about western ways or speak English, so much the better.
This is simply balcanization by design.
I have no problem granting political asylum to genuine dissidents-who aren't Islamic terrorists, or former members of the Ton-ton-Macoute-or to refugees like the "Lost Boys," from Sudan, or Cuban/Vietnamese/Laotian exiles.
Christians who are persecuted, and those who are threatened by the iron fist of Communism deserve a fair hearing, at the very least.
But why on earth are we importing people who will not only be a tax on our resources, but who have values that are completely incompatible with those that most Americans share?
It doesn't make any sense.