Posted on 09/18/2014 5:08:33 PM PDT by mandaladon
Sen. Ted Cruz tried to get the Senate to consider a measure Thursday providing that any American who joins the fight with terrorist groups such as the Islamic State would immediately renounce their U.S. citizenship, but a Democratic senator objected, saying more time is necessary to weigh the significant constitutional issues it raises.
Ahead of the Senates scheduled consideration Thursday afternoon of a proposal to arm and train Syrian rebels, part of President Obamas strategy to combat the terrorist group, the Texas Republican asked for unanimous consent to pass the Expatriate Terrorist Act he introduced earlier this month.
The measure makes providing support to or fighting for a terrorist group targeting the U.S. an affirmative renunciation of American citizenship, Mr. Cruz said on the Senate floor Thursday. He pointed out that former Sens. Joe Lieberman, Connecticut independent, and Scott Brown, Massachusetts Republican, introduced a similar measure several years ago related to al Qaeda.
If we do not pass this legislation, the consequence will be that Americans fighting alongside ISIS today may come home tomorrow with a U.S. passport, may come home to New York or Los Angeles or Houston or Chicago and innocent Americans may be murdered if the Senate does not act today, Mr. Cruz said.
Sen. Mazie Hirono, Hawaii Democrat, objected, saying the bill has not been brought before the Senate Judiciary Committee and it affects fundamental constitutional rights, which should be given the full deliberation of the Senate.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
Instead, put a hold on their passports and only allow passage back to the USA right into custody and charged with treason.
Heck, in a year the outcome could already be written.
By all means, charge any American supporting ISIS with treason. Treason is clearly defined in the Constitution. However, the Constitution PROHIBITS the revocation of citizenship! Citizenship can ONLY be renounced by the individuals in question. We know who these traitors are, so why not arrest them upon reentry to the US?
I’ve voted for Cruz and support him on most issues, but he is dead wrong on this one. The Constitution prohibits stripping of citizenship for good reason!
On the other hand, if we are talking about citizens who were made citizens after the fact (not born a citizen), I think a case can be made that they did not obtain citizenship in good faith.
Interesting...look at the date on the poster. It is a future date several weeks out.
What is the real meaning behind the cartoon?
I hope a similar measure has been introduced in the House of Representatives.
idiots. Canada did it.
huge Boo Hoo. So sad.
Why we are not following suit is beyond me.
Let them come home and shoot them right after they get off the plane.
But...
Thanks for playing the game of Politics(TM) !
Where you present all sorts of bills, vote up and down, get to enjoy a get out of jail scott free card (Senate players only) !
You get to watch the sheeple scramble around like little ants and squeel at each other !
What crazy thing can you say next, to whip up the sheeple into a tizzy - and earn points with the Masters of the Game(TM).
And either lever the sheeple pulls... they lose !
Careful.. don’t run afoul of the Masters... or you’ll have a one-way flight out a 14th-floor window !
Batteries not included, some assembly required.
Good point. Learned this lesson when I was 12. My Mom took me to a Town Council meeting and explained the ‘meaningless vote’ move, I saw it live.
When the Constitution doesn’t work any more, one must revert to the Declaration of Independence.
Within hours of the Boston Marathon blasts, US government officials and Muslims in Boston called each other to offer assistance. These calls were the fruits of years of cultivating such relationships in an effort to ultimately prevent the very type of attack Boston experienced April 15....
Representatives from the US Departments of Justice and Homeland Security called to offer support to Muslim communities......just in case THEY suffered backlash or threats. (more on FR).
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Obama admin unilaterally changes law to allow immigrants
with 'limited' terror contact into US The Daily Caller
| 2/5/14 / FR Posted by Nachum
The Obama administration has issued new exemptions to a law that bars certain asylum-seekers and refugees who provided limited material support to terrorists who are believed to pose no threat from the U.S.
The Department of Homeland Security and the State Department published the new exemptions Wednesday in the Federal Register to narrow a ban in the Immigration and Nationality Act excluding refugees and asylum seekers who had provided limited material support, no matter how minor, to terrorists.
These exemptions cover five kinds of limited material support that have adversely and unfairly affected refugees and asylum seekers with no tangible connection to terrorism: material support that was insignificant in amount or provided incidentally in the course of everyday social, commercial, family or humanitarian interactions, or under significant pressure, a DHS official explained to The Daily Caller.
Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson and Secretary of State John Kerry signed the exemptions. DHS contends that the law change is commonsense and that immigration procedures will remain the same in other respects. (Excerpt) Read more at dailycaller.com ...
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