Posted on 04/28/2016 6:46:26 AM PDT by Baynative
Conservative commentators are up in arms over the State Department’s decision to deny a visa to a Catholic nun who was part of an Iraqi delegation supposed to testify before Congress about Islamic State (ISIS) atrocities.
The US consulate in Erbil rejected the visitor visa application of Sister Diana Momeka earlier this week, saying she was “not able to demonstrate that [her] intended activities in the United States would be consistent with the classification of the visa.”
However, visas were given to all the other members of the delegation scheduled to speak in Washington about the Islamic State’s persecution of minorities of the region, including Shia Muslims and Yazidis. Meetings have been arranged for the group before the House and Senate foreign relations committees, with State Department and USAID officials, and with various NGOs.
She should just claim to be a transgendered Syrian refugee. They’d let her in and buy her a house.
And free tuition at the leftwing university of her choice.
Per this article she DID testify before ( House Foreign Affairs Committee )on May 13, 2015 http://www.christiannewswire.com/news/4392176052.html
Have you noticed the two puff pieces on Biden? I’m wondering if those are signs of Biden warming up just in case. Biden going overseas could be more of the same ... or not.
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It’s obvious that bammy is in doing all he can for his true buddies. That jarrett thing must be happy.
If she was one of these lunatic Lefty nuns who wanted to come and speak in favor of open borders and redistribution of wealth, her visa would be approved quicker than you could say “Georgetown”.
She is a Christian and therefore anything she says must be discounted anyway, not because she would lie but because she is a Christian. Her testimony would be useless.
Don’t discount the ability of the Democrats and George Soros to absolutely control the vote and the vote count.
Congress could set up a remote video link for her testimony. It would attract even more attention, given the controversy.
However, Obama is more than willing to let thousands of Syrian "refugees" come into the country, no questions asked.
Nice!
I did take note of the Biden pieces. 80 percent of a newspaper is “placed” news. I don’t know if Hillary is in jeopardy but Biden wopuld be in the know...
[[“not able to demonstrate that [her] intended activities in the United States would be consistent with the classification of the visa.” ]]
And htis differs from hilalry how?
I’m surprised his handlers have kept him under wraps enough to prevent the usual.
The Chairman of that committee should over ride the Embassy staff. I’d call the Ambassador on the carpet.
Bring her in illegally.
Great idea ...OH WAIT, that would take some courage.
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