Posted on 01/07/2016 1:00:25 PM PST by Jan_Sobieski
The U.S. issued 680,000 green cards to migrants from Muslim-majority countries in the five-year period encompassing 2009 through 2013, according to Department of Homeland Security data. This Islamic "invasion," as some are calling it, occurred on the Obama administration's watch, with plans for 10,000 Syrian Muslims grabbing much of the headlines. But the actual number is many times higher with a refugee program that is rooted in the 1980s and has the support of both parties. The U.S. has brought in more than 1.5 million Muslims through the refugee program since the passage of the Refugee Act of 1980. They have been coming from Islamic states with active jihadist movements such as Somalia, Bangladesh, Burma, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Bosnia and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
To put this five-year tally – 680,000 – in context, it surpasses the total population of Washington, D.C., which is 660,000. Yet, the Gang of Eight immigration "reform" bill co-sponsored by GOP presidential candidate Marco Rubio would have tripled the number of green cards being issued. The data was released by Sen. Jeff Session, R-Ala., who serves on four Senate committees: Armed Services, Budget, Environment and Public Works, and Judiciary, where he is chairman of the Subcommittee on Immigration and the National Interest. Among those receiving green cards are foreign nationals admitted to the United States as refugees. Within one year, they must apply for lawful permanent resident status, also referred to as a green card, and are placed on a fast track to full citizenship, which is obtainable within five years.
Refugees, which are hand-picked by the United Nations for resettlement in more than 180 U.S. cities and towns, have instant access to federal welfare and entitlements, along with local benefits and education services. These costs are not offset...
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Yes, Bush was a zip-wad on many levels. But he is long gone. The “O” is now.
What difference does that make for an islamist?
Taqiyya.
God you’re thick. I make a joke about Muslims throwing homos off rooftops, and turning on his kind, and you can’t get it! It’s a joke, son.
Now that is a very sobering thought that puts the situation in perspective.
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