HREF=”http:\/\/www.newsday.com\/news\/nationworld\/nation\/ny-usdev253146306feb25,0,3
\n228573.story?coll=ny-nationalnews-headlines”>convicted
\nfelon and terrorist supporter<\/a>. In which case her expedited removal is
\na routine enforcement of U.S. immigration laws. I could no more allow her
\nto enter the United States than I could give Osama bin Laden a free pass.
\nIt would be negligent, it would be criminal and it would be a violation of
\nmy oath of service to the U.S. Constitution.<\/p>\n<\/p>\nBecause of her multiple convictions (including inciting a riot and
\nassault) she, unlike her law abiding compatriots, requires a visa to enter
\nthe United States. Further, that visa must include a waiver from the State
\nDepartment stating that even though she is a felon she may be admitted to
\nthe U.S.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
However, because she had entered the United States with the intent to
\nraise money for a terrorist organization (the Irish Nationalist Liberation
\nArmy) she violated another section of the U.S. law, for which she would
\nrequire yet another waiver. The State Department, understandably, was
\nunwilling to grant a waiver for someone who continued to support and
\nincite terrorist activity. Would you have them granted a waiver to a Hamas
\nlieutenant? So why for the INLA?<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Sure she was allowed on the plane by the airline: they thought she was
\njust another Irish traveler would could enter without a visa. If they’d
\nknown she was a terrorist they probably wouldn’t have allowed her to board
\neven with a visa. …Kinda like the unfortunate IRA bomber who had to sit
\nin INS detention because British Airways wouldn’t let him on a
\nplane.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Jeanne Butterfield, executive director of the American Immigration Lawyers
\nAssociation, said she was appalled by the action. “It would not surprise
\nme if they had caught some Arab or Muslim political figure and kept him
\nout.” Like Yassir Arafat, who also needs a DOS waiver? “But to stop people
\nwho may have been sympathetic to the IRA, it’s frightening to me.”<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Yeah, well, catching terrorists is part of my job. Figuring out who’s a
\nfreedom fighter is, frankly, way above my pay grade.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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