Visa-Less Asylum Seekers

[longknife]

One has to love the ultra-ignorant efforts of the Left to disguise the truth from their low-information followers. And this comes from Breitbart!



So far this fiscal year, which ends on September 30, more than 44,000 visa-less Cuban asylum-seekers have reached the U.S., according to Customs and Border Protection data provided to Agencia EFE. The current level is more than five times the number of Cubans who reached the U.S. in all of 2011, when fewer than 8,000 visa-less Cubans entered the U.S.



Story @ A New Name for Illegal Aliens – “Visa-less” Asylum Seekers and Cuban Immigration to U.S. Still Surging - Breitbart

 

[Moonglow]

What is the truth that is being hidden?

 

[Agit8r]

One has to love the ultra-ignorant efforts of the Left to disguise the truth from their low-information followers. And this comes from Breitbart!



So far this fiscal year, which ends on September 30, more than 44,000 visa-less Cuban asylum-seekers have reached the U.S., according to Customs and Border Protection data provided to Agencia EFE. The current level is more than five times the number of Cubans who reached the U.S. in all of 2011, when fewer than 8,000 visa-less Cubans entered the U.S.



Story @ A New Name for Illegal Aliens – “Visa-less” Asylum Seekers and Cuban Immigration to U.S. Still Surging - Breitbart

By all means, Trump supporters need to keep anti-cuban rhetoric going until November.

 

[waltky]

Granny says, "Dat's right - the visa lottery is not in our best interests - end it...

Visa Lottery Gave 28,783 to Those From State Sponsors of Terror, 2007-2016
November 13, 2017 | The U.S. government through its Visa Lottery program issued 28,783 visas to people from countries designated as "State Sponsors of Terrorism" between 2007 and 2016, according to the White House, based on data from the U.S. State Department.

“In the last decade, the U.S. issued nearly 30,000 permanent residence visas through the Visa Lottery to randomly selected nationals from countries designated as "State Sponsors of Terrorism" by the State Department," said the White House in a Nov. 13 email. "This does not include the additional tens of thousands of foreign nationals admitted from these countries through other immigration categories (such as family-based immigration, as well as asylee, refugee, and others).” The three state sponsors of terrorism were Iran, Sudan and Syria. According to the data, the number of visas from those countries increased substantially under the two Obama administrations. For instance, in 2008, the last full year of the George W. Bush administration, 841 lottery visas were granted to Iran; in 2016, the last full year of the Obama administration, 2,788 lottery visas were selected from Iran. Syria got 40 lottery visas in 2008 and 164 lottery visas in 2016.

The suspect in the Oct. 31, 2017 Islamic terrorism attack in New York City is Sayfullo Saipov, who entered the United States through the Visa Lottery program. In the Oct. 31 attack, using a rented truck as a weapon, 8 people were killed and 12 were injured. The White House email states, "President Trump has called on Congress to eliminate the Visa Lottery and end Chain Migration.... [T]hese policies endanger national security, strain federal resources, and imperil the economic security of vulnerable American workers." "Every single year, through a computer-generated random drawing, the Visa Lottery selects 50,000 foreign nationals to apply for permanent residence in the United States and get Green Cards," states the email. "Many of them have absolutely no ties to the United States, no special skills, and limited education. "The Visa Lottery program was championed by Ted Kennedy in 1990 and co-sponsored by Chuck Schumer. In a May 2006 floor speech, Schumer praised what he called 'an excellent program' and urged his colleagues to keep it in operation. 'My city of New York has dramatically benefited from this program,' Schumer said, 'So I plead with my colleagues, keep the diversity visa program.'"

With chain migration, a lottery visa immigrant can sponsor his or her family members to come live in the United States. A recent report by the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) showed that for every one lottery immigrant, an additional 3.45 family members, on average, were sponsored (chain migration). From its analysis, CIS said that between 1994 and 2016, there were 1,102,373 diversity lottery visa immigrants and an average estimated 3,803,187 chain migrants. "Family-based immigration has accounted for more than 60% of new immigration to the U.S. over the last 35 years—or roughly 20 million new foreign nationals," stated the White House email. "As Green Card holders, these foreign nationals have a pathway to U.S. citizenship, which allows them to vote in U.S. elections and access federal benefits paid for by U.S. taxpayers." President Trump wants to replace the visa lottery and chain migration with a merit-based immigration system.

A scene from the radical Islamic terror attack in NYC on Oct. 31, 2017. The criminal suspect in the attack entered the United States on a diversity lottery visa.​

As explained by Attorney General Jeff Sessions, “The president’s immigration plan would switch us to a merit-based immigration system. He would abolish the Diversity Visa Lottery and replace it with a points-based system like is used in Canada and Australia. This is the best way to ensure that the immigration system in America is benefitting America. We don’t use random chance in college admissions and we don’t roll a die to hire people." "By the same token, a lottery tells us nothing about who would thrive in this country," said Sessions. "This merit-based system would be a boon to our economy and raise wages. But it is not just an issue of economic security; it is an issue of national security. A merit-based system, by definition, would be safer than a lottery or even extended family-based immigration." "The president’s plan is essential to protecting our national security, while also banning drunk drivers, fraudsters, gang members, and child abusers," said the attorney general. "It’s time to end the Diversity Lottery in favor of a rational, merit-based system.”

Visa Lottery Gave 28,783 to Those From State Sponsors of Terror, 2007-2016

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Six Foreign Nationals with Suspected Terror Ties Came to U.S. Through Visa Lottery
November 14, 2017 - A total of six foreign nationals with suspected terror ties immigrated to the U.S. through the visa lottery, including the man charged with driving a truck into pedestrians and bicyclists in New York City on Halloween, the Trump administration said Tuesday.

Sayfullo Saipov, who immigrated from Uzbekistan and pledged his allegiance to ISIS, was the most recent foreign national with suspected ties to terrorism. Five other foreign nationals also entered the U.S. through the visa lottery program. Four days before Saipov’s deadly attack, Abdurasul Hasanovich Juraboev, who also hails from Uzbekistan, was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Oct. 27, after pleading guilty to conspiring to provide material support to Islamic State terrorists. The government is planning to send Juraboev back to Uzbekistan once he’s finished serving his sentence.

According to the Justice Department, “Juraboev posted a threat on an Uzbek-language website to kill President Obama in an act of martyrdom on behalf of ISIS.” He told federal agents he believed in ISIS’s agenda, including the establishment of an Islamic caliphate in Iraq and Syria by force. He said he wanted to travel to Syria to fight on behalf of ISIS, but he didn’t have the means to travel. He also said that if he was not able to travel, “he would engage in an act of martyrdom on U.S. soil if ordered to do so by ISIS, such as killing the President or planting a bomb on Coney Island.”

In 2009, Pakistani national, Syed Haris Ahmed, was convicted of terrorism related activities in the United States and abroad. Ahmed entered the U.S. as a Visa Lottery winner. Another foreign national with suspected terror ties, Egyptian national Hesham Mohamed Ali Hedayet opened fire at the El Al Airlines ticket counter at LAX airport in July 2002, killing two ticket agents and wounding three others. He first arrived in the U.S. in 1992 and obtained his lawful permanent resident status through his wife, who was randomly selected as a visa lottery winner in 1997.

Also in 2002, Pakistani national Imran Mandhai pled guilty in August to conspiring to bomb a National Guard Armory and electrical power substations near Miami. Mandhai immigrated to the U.S. through his parents, who were visa lottery winners. And in 1997, Mousa Mohammed Abu Marzook, a U.S. Hamas leader, was deported for terrorist activities. Marzook received a Green Card through the predecessor program to the Visa Lottery.

Six Foreign Nationals with Suspected Terror Ties Came to U.S. Through Visa Lottery