Comments on Advance Indiana™: Like It Or Not, America's Immigration History Is Largely On Trump's Side

http://ushistoryscene.com/article/immigrants-citie...

2015-12-10T01:44:47.524-05:00

http://ushistoryscene.com/article/immigrants-cities-disease/
Regarding the Chinese ban, religion was a factor mentioned by a Senator for wanting the ban.

Carlos, The Supreme Court follows the doctrine of ...

2015-12-09T15:19:56.937-05:00

Carlos, The Supreme Court follows the doctrine of “consular nonreviewability,” which provides that that courts generally have no power to review decisions of consular officers. This is based on a view that the Constitution grants Congress and the President extremely broad power of the admission and exclusion of noncitizens, which leaves little power for the courts. There are some exceptions where court challenges are allowed, such as when the denial impacts the constitutional rights of a U.S. citizen, or the consulate simply fails to act or provide an explanation for a denial.

9/11 was supposed to be a Pearl Harbor event, Greg...

2015-12-09T14:31:24.543-05:00

9/11 was supposed to be a Pearl Harbor event, Greg, or at least that was the intent behind those who planned and executed it. I think those were Paul Wolfowitz' words.

Unfortunately, for many, it will take a "Pear...

2015-12-09T13:53:44.590-05:00

Unfortunately, for many, it will take a "Pearl Harbor" event to convince them of the urgency of the times.

The First Amendment obviously applies to US citize...

2015-12-09T13:19:39.778-05:00

The First Amendment obviously applies to US citizens and those who are present in the US.

Question: Would a non-citizen or non-resident SEEKING TO ENTER the US (by definition outside of it) even have standing to challenge any such travel ban?

We've definitely done it based on nationality/...

2015-12-09T13:15:23.672-05:00

We've definitely done it based on nationality/ethnicity. Muslim immigration to this country has been historically low compared to other religions because of how our immigration laws historically limited who could and could not enter the country as immigrants. For many years, there were only 1,000 immigrant visas issued annually for all of Asia and Africa compared to the hundreds of thousands issued to Europeans and Latin Americans. Whether you can easily get a tourist visa to enter this country varies dramatically from country to country, Paul. Young, single persons from certain countries are routinely denied as a matter of policy.

I am not aware of any time in American history tha...

2015-12-09T12:15:12.702-05:00

I am not aware of any time in American history that we denied travel to the U.S. based on a person's religion. That is what Trump is proposing.

I would agree with you immigration into America is...

2015-12-09T11:09:06.268-05:00

I would agree with you immigration into America is largely a case of who do you want in. American Historical Amnesia is evident in all this discussion on Muslim Immigration. After World War 1 France and the UK grabbed up the parts of the old Ottoman Empire, what is today from Turkey south to the Arabian Gulf. These countries they carved out were de-facto colonies. The obvious importance of them was oil. There was certainly no intent by the West to allow full freedom, instead what amounted to puppet dictatorships were set up.

The USA and the British engineered the coup in Iran that over threw an elected government in 1953 and installed rule by the Shah. We know how that ended up. There was the Iran-Iraq War in the 1980's where the USA played both sides. GWB's Gulf War 2 ignited the most recent violation, and Obama, $hillary, and Kerry have poured gas on the fire by over throwing Ghaddafi, the elected government in Egypt and then the attempted over throw of Assad in Syria.

The Trumpet, $hillary and the McMega-Media want you to forget the part played out by the USA. Does any really think that if Moderate Muslims here in the USA went to the White House or Congress and said stop supporting the Mid-East Arab dictatorships and demand free elections that would happen??

Any meaningful discussion of the issue has to look...

2015-12-09T09:50:39.253-05:00

Any meaningful discussion of the issue has to look at the root causes, which includes Western governments like the United States meddling in the internal affairs of countries where we have no business imposing ourselves. The threat wouldn't exist but for our meddling, including the funding, arming and training of the very people creating turmoil throughout the Muslim world, Europe and elsewhere. Do people in some parts of the world hate us? Yes, but our policies bred that hatred. To the people running our government, it's just a geopolitical game to justify the existence of the permanent national security/military-industrial complex. It's impossible to discuss the issue intelligently in this country because the mainstream media is nothing but a propaganda machine for the national security state. Neither major political party allows dissidents within its ranks to tell the truth. The two parties represent the interests of the national security state, not the people.

Clearly, our government has let us down and does n...

2015-12-09T08:11:28.953-05:00

Clearly, our government has let us down and does not have a well thought out plan to defeat ISIS and related Moslem plans to kill us. The Moslem community is very quiet and apparently has done little or nothing to isolate these elements. There is little to support the notion that Moslems are loyal Americans that support our culture and traditions. Trump's suggestion should be considered as a temporary matter until we can get ahead of these growing threats to our safety.