Toth: Compassion? Yes. Endangering the Homeland? No.
From Courier of Montgomery County By Steve Toth Guest columnist |
The recent events in Paris and the apprehension of eight Syrians crossing the Texas border last week remind us how easily national security can be breached.
In 2013, Major General John Nichols, Texas Adjutant General, spoke to a group of Texas State Guard officers warning us of a dramatic increase in the number of Aliens of Interest (AOI) captured entering through our southern border. Aliens of Interest are categorized as Asians smuggled in for human trafficking or Muslims crossing through our Southern border hoping to be mistaken for people of Hispanic heritage. According to border watchdog group www.USBorderPatrol.com, “… border violence against American citizens inside the United States has never been as high as it is today. Further, the threat is not just the gangs from Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador. The threat is also from Middle Eastern individuals being moved from Central America through Mexico, into Texas, and into the rest of United States.”
There are 1.2 billion followers of Islam worldwide. Roughly 20 percent describe themselves as Islamic Fundamentalists and followers of Sharia Law. That’s 240 million people who want to force the Western world back to the dark ages. Texas works hard to fight illegal border crossings by Islamic terrorists, but it will all be for nought if our president brings them here through the “compassionate” resettling of thousands of Syrian refugees we have no way of properly screening. Just attempting to vet these individuals will overwhelm our already broken immigration system. During last week’s Democratic presidential debate, Clinton, Sanders and O’Malley all said they urged President Obama to increase the number of Muslims coming to America to 65,000. If 20 percent of them are Islamic Fundamentalists, that’s 13,000 who long for the destruction of our country and will fight to martyrdom to see it happen. Keep in mind that it only took five of them to throw France into chaos.
Republicans in Congress did pass the SAFE Act requiring additional certification by the FBI of Syrian migrants. The only problem is the bill does nothing to make us safer. The FBI admits they have no way of adequately screening any of these Syrian migrants and the terrorists have said they plan to infiltrate by blending in as regular Syrian citizens. Commenting on the bill, Senator Jeff Sessions of Alabama said, “… it ensures the president’s refugee-resettlement initiative will continue unabated.” He also called for a measure to cut off funding for the program which he and Sen. Cruz have done through a jointly sponsored bill. Cruz and Gov. Abbott are right; the State Department should establish relocation camps in either Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt, Kuwait or Turkey. These camps can house the refugees in an area that’s close to their homeland enabling them to go back to their homes when and if peace is ever attained. This would be the truly compassionate solution for everyone. Texas needs to say no to Syrian migrants coming to Texas and yes to settlement camps for them in the Middle East.
Steve Toth is a candidate for the 8th Congressional District seat in the March Republican primary.
