Posted on 01/04/2008 7:52:54 PM PST by dcwusmc
Immigration: Ron Paul may be a fringe presidential candidate, but Muslim student visas is no fringe topic. It threatens homeland security, and the Republican gadfly deserves credit for raising the issue.
In a controversial ad that's sending his libertarian fans into orbit, Paul proposes tough new immigration policies, including denying visas to Muslim students from terrorist states.
Paul, a congressman from south Texas, also proposes ending "birthright citizenship," which allows the children of Middle Eastern and other illegal immigrants to stay in America. Such anchor babies now include the offspring of jailed or deported terrorists.
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He’s sounding saner by the year.
We don’t need immigration anymore. We can have our own kids thank you. Immigration for a young nation made sense, not any more.
I agree with Ron Paul on this one.
“Without a man standing up like he does these issues would never get addressed.”
Somebody has been all along and his name is Duncan Hunter. And he doesn’t have to consort with kooks to make a point.
He must have been standing in the back room facing the wall.
I don’t know about this policy. First, I don’t think one could specifically ban Muslims, even assuming there were a way to acurately determine someone’s faith. I think you’d just have to end all visas to students from radical Muslim countries.
On the one hand, I think it’s a fine idea to keep radical Islamists out of our country. On the other hand, exposing the youth to Western society is one of the best ways possible to prevent radicalism and show them that we’re not a ‘’Great Satan’’ but an open and free society that can accept their culture as long as it doesn’t involve killing people.
I don’t know what the answer is, and I certainly don’t oppose at least a moratorium on visas for people from radical Muslim nations. But I would like to find a way to export our culture to the youth of those nations before they’ve been completely brainwashed by Wahabbism.
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“He must have been standing in the back room facing the wall.”
Don’t get out much do you? I’ve been following Hunter for a number of years now.
I’m guessing Paul probably doesn’t like in-state tuition for the Mohammedans either
That may be true, but it's really irelevant- Islam is not only a religion, but it is also a system of government that believes in (A) Overruning their adopted land by unchecked breeding; or (B) VIOLENT overthrow of their adopted country. As such, they are constitutionally excludable.
Feed ‘em a ham sandwich laced with laxatives, and the only toilet paper is printed with the Koran.
It’s graphic, but perhaps one of the few ways one can determine whether they are a Muslim or not.
*snicker*
So could I.
We agree totally. No more in- and those who are in, OUT!
I’d deny Muslims a helluva lot more than a visa.
Still-Paul doesn’t get my vote.
This election scares the hooties off of me.
I remember reading that 60% of our illegal alien population comes in via a visa. Paul is correct on this. We should also not be allowing 80,000 Muslims a year to immigrate here. Nothing against them personally, but this is not a wise decision by our government with a terror war going on.
Honor killings.
I suspect you're identifying a distinction without a difference. What happens to a jihadi amongst his fellow travelers if he ends up compromising their plans because he didn't lie when it was allowed?
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