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.
Many of the American people voted this traitor into office...TWICE! They aren’t “innocent”. Stupid, but not innocent.
Your fear is well founded. I have posted many times that I believe Obama plans a Saddam-like “scortched earth” policy 6 to 8 months before he leaves office.
BUMP!
Yes, but many didn’t vote for him and many don’t support him, they’re innocent.
I’m not bothered about the fools who continue to be deceived by Obama, they’ll have to learn the brutal way.
The innocent haven’t asked for it.
I wish we didn’t have to agree on this, because it’s just too horrible.
Unfortunately though, we do have to agree :(
When he was first elected (or stole the election), Congress was too PC to kick out the black guy who cleaned up well. Today, they may be too scared to try because they’ve been abetting the country’s destruction and/or, if they try, he’ll make the call for all out jihad.
I think the next UN Secretary General is Angela Merkel. The rumour of this in Germany has been around a while.
I feel this is a part of the reason why Merkel is demanding Europe be flooded with the Muslim horde. The only other group of people who are issuing identical demands are the UN. She’s gaining points from them for her next office.
The UN with Merkel in charge, with her Totalitarian Dictatorial instinct, it’ll become a horror institution, devouring the world with a no-holds-barred lust of immense cruelty.
Those are facts though 0bama and his worshipers won’t admit them.
Scenes such as that, they’re going to become frequent on the streets across Europa, accompanied by suicide bombs going off every other day.
Thanks to Merkel and her “poor refugees”. Merkel the worst sort of traitor.
Dante’s Ninth Circle of Hell awaits Frau Merkel.
All out jihad would mean we could exterminate the problem once and for all.
Another article said he let in over 1000 terrorists because they did violence uder duress?
there is a list of reasons why he could be forced out of office.
The insane side deals with Iran, letting terrorists into the country, ignoring the border, and on and on.
i want to see this kenyan/muslim/whitey hating freak in prison.
John Brennan, who Obama appointed is a Muslim. He spent time in Saudi Arabia, where he converted to Islam.
So with Obama and Brennan, what hope of avoiding a terrible situation?
Who is the Valerie Jarrett woman?
Now wait a minute....didn't O'Reilly say Obama was in no way a Muslim sympathizer?...but there is Valerie Jarrett, Obama's closest adviser, she really likes Muslims.....
You make a good point, perhaps they’re too afraid of Obama. If we think he’s dangerous, they must know he’s dangerous.
America’s other dilemma is, the Black Lives Matter crowd. How many of them are Muslim? Even those who aren’t Muslim, they’ll go to the war on American’s who don’t agree with Obama regardless, they’ll support the black man simply because of their racist and intense hatred of whites.
So there’s a double problem, the Muslims and Black Lives Matter, who be operating together probably.
It’s very scary.
We would crush them. they would never know what hit them. I live in Staten Island where that fat guy was choked to death. There were no riots or protests. Not one.
Because if they came and protested in my Italian neighborhood thing wouldn’t go well for them.
I see it is business as usual up in The Wicked City.
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