As for this visa program that the New York City Islamic State killer entered the nation on--yeah, get rid of it.
The alleged killer used a rented truck from Home Depot to run over pedestrians and cyclists on a lower Manhattan asphalt path--killing eight people. He yelled "Allahu Akbar" as he left the vehicle and he also made references to the Islamic State.
From Newsweek:
The suspect for the deadliest terror attack in New York City since 9/11 reportedly entered the United States under a visa program that President Donald Trump has tried to end as part of his crackdown on immigration.
Sayfullo Saipov, a 29-year-old Uzbekistan native, was awarded a permanent resident visa in 2010 under the Diversity Immigrant Program, ABC New York reported. The program is meant to increase the number of immigrants from countries with low rates of U.S. immigration. The program awards 55,000 green cards a year, a majority of which go to people in African and Eastern European nations, according to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
To qualify, applicants must prove that they have a clean criminal record, have a high school diploma or its equivalent, or have at least two years of work experience within the past five years. It takes two years of vetting to get a visa.
Congress has tried to end the Diversity Visa lottery program five times since 2007.
Congress vote against "diversity"? Unimaginable! Should Trump try to reduce the program in any way some LibDem Justice of the Peace in Vermont will issue a restraining order against him which will take years to work it's way thru the justice system to be overturned on appeal (or not). Instead of slavishly obeying every un-Constitutional TRO issued by some jTrump resister in black robes Trump should do what Jackson did in a similar situation and just ignore it.
ReplyDeleteI still like to think the Constitution is not a suicide pact.
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