2
2
0
This is a very conservative think tank and a great read.
You may be very surprised.
You may be very surprised.
Terrorism and Immigration: A Risk Analysis
Posted from cato.orgPosted in these groups: 
Terrorism
Immigration
Terrorism Immigration
Posted 8 y ago
Responses: 2
1
1
0
We keep trying to determined status of these folks by the nation of their birth. Most radical jihadists do not identify by their nationality. They might use the passport and other items of the country of their origin but this notion of trying to strike a differentiation between a "foreign born" radical and an "American born" radical is a waste of time and misdirection of energy. They identify by ideology not national origin. We need to stop betting caught up in birthplace and citizenship and worry more about ideology and radicalism.
BTW, CATO is not as "very conservative" organization. It is chock full of GOP retreads and RINO's.
BTW, CATO is not as "very conservative" organization. It is chock full of GOP retreads and RINO's.
(1)
(0)
SGT (Join to see)
On this we can agree, but I do not see the statistics going that way as it is not so easy to track in that regard, whereas the data gives an idea of the propensity for such action by region, nationality etc.... a good barometer is better than none, while keeping in mind the other aspects of the situation.
LOL on the RINO bit......
LOL on the RINO bit......
(0)
(0)
Cpl Jeff N.
SGT (Join to see) - The reality is that all immigration, passports, visa policies etc. are all built on national origin so it is the only way anything can effectively be managed/controlled. You have to limit/ban/halt based upon country as that is how we control passports, identify travelers, issue visa's and the like.
If you had a "muslim" ban, there is no way to effectively identify them. They could easily lie and go on. The other thing to consider is there are roughly another 40 predominately muslim countries not on the list. It is focused on countries because that is how all immigration and visa policies work.
One part of the story not being told by CATO is if you look at more recent data and you look at terrorism in the west almost all of it is being done by radical jihadists whether that is in Nice, Paris, Berlin, Brussels, San Bernardino or Orlando (to name a few). Their national origin or immigration status is not the relevant criteria.
If you had a "muslim" ban, there is no way to effectively identify them. They could easily lie and go on. The other thing to consider is there are roughly another 40 predominately muslim countries not on the list. It is focused on countries because that is how all immigration and visa policies work.
One part of the story not being told by CATO is if you look at more recent data and you look at terrorism in the west almost all of it is being done by radical jihadists whether that is in Nice, Paris, Berlin, Brussels, San Bernardino or Orlando (to name a few). Their national origin or immigration status is not the relevant criteria.
(1)
(0)
SGT (Join to see)
Hard to fight an ideology by national boundaries.....this is why forceful approach is not always the best, while a more targeted and broad based combined approach is the best policy.
(0)
(0)
0
0
0
SSgt (Join to see)
While that statement could be argued to be true, when it was made; it certainly isn't today post the Pulse shooting.
(0)
(0)
SSG Jessica Bautista
SSgt (Join to see) - Not argued to be true, it is true. Don't take it personally, it's just to make a point.
(0)
(0)
SSgt (Join to see)
SSG Jessica Bautista - I didn't take it personally, I didn't vote for Trump nor am I a fan of a Muslim ban. However it's hard to call the factoid you posted true.
(0)
(0)
SSG Jessica Bautista
SSgt (Join to see) - I can understand if we only took a certain cross section from American history, but in its entirety, it's true.
(0)
(0)
Read This Next
Continue with Facebook 
Continue with Google