Quote:What does that mean, exactly? Being strict with our borders and immigration is what we are already doing.


These talking points are cute, but vapid.


What exactly are we lax on that would make a difference, in your mind?


Also, I get the feeling that these terror attacks in France happened in the usa.


These terror attacks are awful, but they are not happening on us soil. I know we want to show solidarity with our French allies, but it's really weird that from watching the news and reading some posts, you'd think Paris and Nice are in Georgia...

Really?  So, streamlining the vetting process and increasing the number of immigrants coming from Syria is strict border control? 

 

I know you posted the numbers from 2014, and you're more than welcome to take those numbers as gospel. The Washington Post seems to think differently.  I guess they didn't go by the cooked books the Obama administration has put out there to show how tough he is on border security. 

 

Illegal immigration, particularly through our southern border has exploded over the past 2 years as a result of Obama's decision to basically ignore immigration laws.  His grand immigration plan was blocked by SCOTUS last month.  His plan would have expanded deportation relief to more than 5 million illegals in this country. When he announced that executive order, we saw waves of illegals cross from Mexico into the US.  Just read the daily news for any of the border states to see that Obama's super duper deportation enforcement is nothing but a joke.  Border Patrol has been basically instructed by the administration to adopt a catch and release policy.  Tough to deport someone that you aren't detaining.

 

Our border security is an absolute joke, and based on a cornucopia of reports over the past few years, it's clear that it's not just Mexicans or other South American immigrants coming across the border without concern of being caught.  There's no telling what other bad actors have made their way into the US by coming across from Mexico.  Then, you add the immigrants from regions where Sharia is practiced that Obama is trying to accelerate their entry into the US, and you've got a growing problem.  This is especially true when ISIS has made it clear that they are sending men over among the immigrants because there's no adequate way for the US to weed them out in most instances. 

 

Sorry, but when you look at what one home grown terrorist can do in Orlando, it makes no sense to expand the cancer by allowing radicals to enter this country from regions where we know they're developing budding jihadists just hoping to become the next martyr against the great Satan of the west. 

 

What we're seeing right now in France is a prelude to what will happen here if we don't get a handle on how to properly vet these people.  If there's no adequate way for us to do this, then immigration from those regions should be suspended until we find one because we are inviting this vile mindset to infiltrate our communities.  It's difficult enough to prevent domestic terrorists like Matteen from doing their dirty work.  Why expand that pool? 

 

There was a report just yesterday that said many of these Syrian refugees that have entered the US aren't being tracked.  Instead, once they enter the country, they are handed off to a multitude of charities who are working to place these people around the country.  Once they are placed with a charity, we are not able to track their whereabouts or monitor their activities because that's a violation of their "privacy rights."  So, basically, these people can disappear once they've entered the country.  While the majority are most likely not a threat, even if it's just a small percentage that is, and we're not tracking them, all you need to do is look at what one man did in Orlando, or 19 did on 9/11, and you can see how there should be some cause for concern there.  Border security is being breached from within because our president has decided we need to take in more and more of these refugees from regions where there is a legitimate threat to our national interests.

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