Cruz to Introduce Bill to Stop Americans Who Join ISIS From Returning to United States

Cruz.Senate.gov ^ | September 5, 2014 | Senator Ted Cruz

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WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, announced today his intent to file the Expatriate Terrorist Act (E.T.A.) of 2014 as soon as the Senate is called back into session on Monday, September 8th.
 
“Americans who choose to go to Syria or Iraq to fight with vicious ISIS terrorists are party to a terrorist organization committing horrific acts of violence, including beheading innocent American journalists who they have captured,” said Sen. Cruz. “There can be no clearer renunciation of their citizenship in the United States, and we need to do everything we can to preempt any attempt on their part to re-enter our country and carry out further attacks on American civilians.”
 
The ETA amends an existing statute that provides certain actions by which a United States citizen renounces their citizenship to include becoming a member of, fighting for, or providing material assistance to a designated foreign terrorist organization that is working to attack the United States or its citizens.  Provided the requirements of due process are observed, if a U.S. Citizen undertakes these acts with the intent of supplanting his U.S. Citizenship with loyalty to a terrorist organization, that person can be deemed to have forfeited their right to be a United States Citizen and return to the United States.

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[txrefugee]

Amazing that such a law hasn’t been in effect before this.

[FlingWingFlyer]

Our “government” needs to get off its @$$, cancel their passports and put their names on the Terrorist watch list. They are terrorists.

[Steely Tom]

It’ll no sooner be passed than some left-wing federal judge will declare it null and void.

[Objective Scrutator]

I’m in favor of letting them into the US, but only as an executed corpse on the way to the incinerator.

[Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America]

If Cruz were president, ISIS would cease to exist.

[SandRat]

and the Permanent NO FLY List

[ExTexasRedhead]

Any politician in Congress who doesn’t vote for this bill must be voted out of office, IMO. And, their names must be made public so all know who they are.

[rktman]

Slathered in bacon fat? For that extra sizzle of course. From there to another famously hot location.

[cripplecreek]

Actually I think there is a law that could be used. Just google “Loss of US citizenship” and any US consulate website will have it. Actively engaging in a fight against the USA is grounds for loss of citizenship.

[mrsmel]

They’ll just come over our southern border like the rest of the terrorists and other criminals.

But I don’t doubt that a law would be useful for other purposes, if done right.

[skeeter]

I don’t expect this to fly through. There are too many bureaucrats and politicians who hate the US as much as ISIS does.

[Travis McGee]

[Faith-Hope]

Cruz can introduce this bill but dear Harry will forget to bring it up for a vote. (Right?)

[Cowboy Bob]

This will put the Democrats in an awkward position in the run up to the November elections!

[left that other site]

Yes.

[SCHROLL]

Sorry, but the proposed legislation doesn’t go far enough. Any bill offered should also include provisions that strip citizenship from those who aid materially as well as financially ALL terrorist groups. Yes CAIR, I’m including you as well as the rest of the Sharia Lobby when I make this demand.

[Cato in PA]

“They’ll just come over our southern border like the rest of the terrorists and other criminals.”

And Ted Cruz will be there with Glenn Beck to welcome them with soccer balls and teddy bears.

Yeah, I don’t see this bill doing too much.

[stanne]

Yes. Let’s all just quit.