Why are they here?
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An article in todays Washington Post explains how four to five cells of bin laden followers remain in the USA. It is stated that they've committed no crimes while here and have been under heavy surveillance. These people are obviously well known among our law enforcement agencies so my question is, why are they here? Why were known terrorists and associates of bin laden allowed to step foot on US soil? Why do they remain? Have our laws become that asinine?
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I considered that rationale. The old saying, ' keep your friends close but keep your enemies closer' seemed to be the only answer. Clearly that philosophy, if indeed that is what was at work here, was wrong. We have agencies world-wide. Info could be gathered from abroad. To allow known criminals in this country is criminal in itself. Is anyone well-versed on international law or the policies of determining who is allowed to gain entry in our country?
I considered that rationale. The old saying, ' keep your friends close but keep your enemies closer' seemed to be the only answer. Clearly that philosophy, if indeed that is what was at work here, was wrong. We have agencies world-wide. Info could be gathered from abroad. To allow known criminals in this country is criminal in itself. Is anyone well-versed on international law or the policies of determining who is allowed to gain entry in our country?
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Once someone enters the U.S., they have the same rights as citizens. You can't arrest me until I do something wrong, and the government can't do anything to the cells until they do something wrong.
That's why it is so important to identify these people BEFORE they get into the country.
That's why it is so important to identify these people BEFORE they get into the country.
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In light of the recent tragedies, I think the people of America would support some sort of a resolution that would supersede the laws that protect these followers of bin Laden. Something along the lines of deporting them, would work best, IMO.
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Jay Li
[B]In light of the recent tragedies, I think the people of America would support some sort of a resolution that would supersede the laws that protect these followers of bin Laden.
[B]In light of the recent tragedies, I think the people of America would support some sort of a resolution that would supersede the laws that protect these followers of bin Laden.
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i have to politely disagree. the law is up to interpretation but it's applicable universally. we cannot start making exceptions like we did to the Japanese Americans during WWII when we took away their civil liberties in the name of "what if". quite frankly, German Americans helped the 3rd reich during WWII in various ways, and i didn't see no German Americans being interned or rounded up like animals. our laws are set to protect the strong and the weak equally, if we start changing that then the fvcking terrorists have already won. the role of our law and our society is to protect those who cannot protect themselves, and that's our country's strength (and weakness in some respects). however we may disagree with those suspected terrorists, they are still suspected and have not committed any crimes, therefore they should be extended the full courtesy of our law - but i'm sure strict observation will keep them at bay.
i have to politely disagree. the law is up to interpretation but it's applicable universally. we cannot start making exceptions like we did to the Japanese Americans during WWII when we took away their civil liberties in the name of "what if". quite frankly, German Americans helped the 3rd reich during WWII in various ways, and i didn't see no German Americans being interned or rounded up like animals. our laws are set to protect the strong and the weak equally, if we start changing that then the fvcking terrorists have already won. the role of our law and our society is to protect those who cannot protect themselves, and that's our country's strength (and weakness in some respects). however we may disagree with those suspected terrorists, they are still suspected and have not committed any crimes, therefore they should be extended the full courtesy of our law - but i'm sure strict observation will keep them at bay.
The first prioity of our Government is to protect the *CITIZENS* of American. It deporting people will do it, I'm for it.
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Some of you are taking this in a direction that was clearly not intended by my questions. I am only referring to known criminals of other countries who have been convicted or who have known associations with enemies of our country, i.e. bin laden. I am not referring to foreign tourists or American citizens of middle eastern descent. We have websites that require known sex offenders to register. We have access to this information by merely inputing a zip code or name. Why not something along these lines if we can't police our borders any better against a multitude of known terrorists? Please note I said known terrorists.