Posted under Immigration & Terrorism
With the FBI now asserting new powers to spy on Americans, no wonder a majority sees the federal government as a threat to liberty. So this “hang ‘em high!” pronouncement from Mitch McConnell, the Senate’s only Amphibian-American, is particularly troubling:
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R – KY) today demanded that the Obama Administration immediately remove two Iraqis arrested in Kentucky as “suspected terrorists” from his home state, saying they should be immediately sent to Guantanamo Bay for military detention.
“Send them to Guantanamo where they belong,” insisted McConnell, adding that the two suspects don’t deserve civilian trials and should be sent to the notorious island prison for “the justice they deserve.”
Yes, the two suspects are Iraqi immigrants, and my position against Third-World immigration couldn’t be clearer. But these suspects are here legally, and government MUST be constrained by the law of the land. In the never-ending, global war against freedom terror, DC has been expanding its power to arrest, detain, and punish at will. Every affront to the Bill of Rights is a precedent for the next.
Anyone reading this post could be a victim — and in the name of “national security.” These days, every dissident is viewed as a “terrorist.” If we assent to McConnell’s totalitarian proposal because of our opposition to Muslim immigration, we diminish our own liberty. That’s a trap we must avoid.
C Bowen on 15 Jun 2011 at 10:22 pm #
To nitpick, I believe these Iraqis were refugees–be curious who the sponsor was, and I mention as the US refugee program is easier pickings for reform (destruction) and always has something to do with a US war.
Going back to the sponsor, might be a reason Ole Mitch doesn’t want them talking.
HarrisonBergeron2 on 15 Jun 2011 at 10:53 pm #
C. Bowen,
You might be right about Ole Mitch.
The “refugee” program is a perfect implementation of the “invade the world/invite th world” agenda.
C Bowen on 17 Jun 2011 at 12:06 am #
‘The “refugee” program is a perfect implementation of the “invade the world/invite th world” agenda.’
Because it’s so perfect, and because so many “liberal” Big Churches (example, Catholic Charities) make money, that is gifted tax payer dollars, off administering the “refugee” program, tactically speaking, I think it’s the ‘system’, to target.
Here is an old post on the topic:
Catholic Charities in Kentucky, loads of federal cash and not that many refugees
Here’s a guess…searching for refugees to justify themselves, they lowered the bar…
Paul secures terror hearing | Conservative Heritage Times on 27 Jun 2011 at 11:42 pm #
[...] follow-up of note to an earlier post on Iraqi refugees arrested in Kentucky, comes news that Senator Rand Paul: has secured a hearing through the Senate’s Homeland Security [...]