Posted on 09/29/2015 2:26:21 PM PDT by jazusamo
As if the President Obama’s sweeping amnesty measures haven’t compromised national security enough, the administration let 1,519 “inadmissible” foreigners embroiled in terrorism into the U.S. last year because the crimes were committed “while under duress.”
Before the Obama administration tweaked a federal law last year, these foreign nationals would have been banned from the country for supporting terrorist causes. But under the changes the Secretary of Homeland Security has “discretionary authority” to waive certain grounds of inadmissibility relating to terrorism. We’ve seen this discretionary authority abused in the last few years and in fact, the administration has eliminated a zero tolerance policy for granting asylum or residency to individuals who have provided any sort of terrorism-related support.
The government’s latest available figures for granting asylum or residency to individuals embroiled in terrorist causes are incredibly disturbing, especially since the agency charged with keeping the nation safe, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), appears to downplay the seriousness of the crimes. Judicial Watch obtained the numbers from the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) annual report to Congress on the DHS secretary’s application of discretionary authority.
The biggest chunk of exemptions was processed for refugee applicants and lawful permanent resident status, with 806 and 614 respectively. The rest were processed under other DHS programs such as Temporary Protected Status (TPS), asylum and relief through a Justice Department initiative. The bottom line is that the U.S. government is allowing them all to stay in the country with rights and benefits afforded to legal residents despite their terrorist connections and associations.
More than half of the candidates rewarded by DHS last year provided material support to terrorist organizations, according to the DHS report. The others received military-type training from a terrorist organization, voluntarily provided medical care to members of a terrorist group and solicited funds or individuals for membership in a terrorist organization. After a case-by-case review, Obama’s DHS Secretary, Jeh Johnson, determined that the recently admitted terrorists only participated in these activities “while under duress.” So, welcome to America!
This effort was officially launched last year when the administration quietly changed the Immigration and Nationality Act (INS), implemented decades ago to govern immigration and citizenship in the United States. The law includes a ban on admitting refugees and asylum seekers who may have provided terrorists with any sort of material support, even the kind that may be considered trivial by some. In other words, the federal law rightfully had a zero tolerance for any kind of involvement with terrorist elements. But a joint effort by DHS and the State Department created an “Exercise of Authority” that allows “an alien who provided limited material support” to a terrorist organization to stay in the U.S. if the powers that be in our government believe they pose no threat.
The administration seems to have a soft spot for terrorists. A few months after the INS change was exposed, a frustrated U.S. senator revealed that the administration appears to have a terrorist “hands off” list that permits individuals with extremist ties to enter the country. The lawmaker obtained the information from internal DHS documents that include communication between U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) asking whether to admit an individual with ties to various terrorist groups. The suspect had scheduled an upcoming flight into the U.S. and was believed to be a member of the Muslim Brotherhood and a close associate and supporter Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
How can he keep being such a jerk off azzhole who cares NOTHING for the people in our country
“Fundamentally transform the United States of America.”
WHAT! TREASON! INSANE!
The UN will thank Obama for his Great Work and give him a job
Sufficient for conviction of treason,
but the GOP is complicit, evil, and deceitful.
.... And complicit.
All this accomplishes is that now, in a SHTF scenario, all muslims will be seen as targets as a matter of survival.
Amen to that.
We have to elect them no matter what. The dems are worse. It’s a lesser evil.
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You know who is treasonous? The people that elected them.
Say the truth, he wants us to get attacked on our own soil. IT’s not IF, it’s now WHEN. /?
Who is going to stop this insanity?
Treason.
Obama continues to import the soldiers with which to overthrow the Western government and culture of the USA. Before the end of his second term, Obama will import hundreds of thousands of so called refugees who along with the tens of millions of illegal aliens already here will assure the downfall of the country unless the whole government is overthrown.
Why the @#$@$# isn’t anyone coming forward and saying this is treason and he’s a traitor.
He has to be forcibly removed!!
I can’t believe people voted this piece of W#$#$ in office.
he HATES america just like his kenyan worthless communist muslim american hating @#$@#$ father.
The greatest sound in the world is the muslim call to prayer.
That’s what he said. the muslim call to prayer can go to hell.
That pimp is too stupid to do anything on his own. I’m assuming he’s filled the white hut with ragheads who are just having a good old time writing domestic and international policy.
Absolutely...We know for a fact he’s tight with the Muslim Brotherhood and that they’re in the WH often.
I think one can confidently say that Obama sides every time with the terrorists, the laundry list of his acts is now very long.
If only some Democrats had integrity, you could Impeach Obama. I fear this man has got genuine horrors up his sleeve, genuine horrors to be unleashed on the innocent American people.
bttt
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