Posted on 05/17/2024 5:12:54 AM PDT by MtnClimber
"I did not ask for any names, IDs, addresses, anything that would breach privacy, nor did I ask for any law enforcement sensitive information," Fox News reporter Bill Melugin wrote in a post on X. "I simply requested *only* the nationalities of people arrested on the list, so the public can have an understanding of where in the world they are coming from."
The Department of Homeland Security declined to share the nationalities of people on the terror watchlist who entered the United States illegally with a reporter on Wednesday, claiming their right to "privacy" outweighs the public's right to know.
Fox News reporter Bill Melugin filed a Freedom of Information Act request that only sought the nationalities of the individuals, not including more identifying information such as their names or location. The denial of the request occurred on the same day that at least one illegal immigrant reportedly on the terror watchlist was apprehended while attempting to infiltrate the Quantico Marine Corps base in Virginia.
“The privacy interests of the individuals in the records you have requested outweigh any minimal public interest in disclosure of the information," the department told Melugin in a letter, he wrote in a post on X. "Any private interest you may have in that information does not factor into the aforementioned balancing test.”
Melugin pushed back on the rejection in a post to social media on Thursday, defending his request for the information and claiming that most of the rejection had nothing to do with what he was asking for. He also vowed to appeal the decision.
The Refugee Convention rules sound more like it was wroth by a terrorist organization.
Illegal entry is a crime and needs to be addressed as such not a well we’ll wait and see how they act first.
No papers no entry
“ The denial of the request occurred on the same day that at least one illegal immigrant reportedly on the terror watchlist was apprehended while attempting to infiltrate the Quantico Marine Corps base in Virginia”
A buried story. Two illegal alien “Jordanians” on the terror watch list tried to enter Quantico in a stolen Amazon van. They were stopped at the gate. No information about the contents of the van was released.
“I simply requested *only* the nationalities of people arrested on the list
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Well, at least he didn’t ask their ‘gender’.
He would be locked up.
Here’s something you will probably genuflect over...
“Here’s something you will probably genuflect over...”
Again, you talk big and trash everyone. What are you doing about it besides bitching here? Nothing, that’s what.
And then we'll be told that "He (she/they) was (were) on the FBI watchlist and they were known to law enforcement authorities".
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