Rep. Zinke Introduces bill to Expel Palestinians from the U.S.

[wing2000]

...from the "all Palestinians are bad" camp.... From the Congressman's website: (WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Today, Western Montana Congressman Ryan Zinke introduced the Safeguarding Americans from Extremism (SAFE) Act to prevent Palestinian terrorists from abusing the United States’ legal immigration system by requiring the Department of Homeland Security to implement a pause on all visas, refugee status and granting of asylum for individuals holding a passport issued by the Palestinian Authority (PA). It also revokes any entrance of covered aliens who were granted visas or entered the United States on or after October 1, 2023. “This legislation keeps America safe. I don’t trust the Biden Administration any more than I do the Palestinian Authority to screen who is allowed to come into the United States,” Zinke said. “This is the most anti-Hamas immigration legislation I have seen and it’s well deserved. Given the circumstances, the threats to our immigration system and the history of terrorists abusing refugee, asylum and visa processes all over the world, the requirements in this bill are necessary to keep Americans safe. This bill does exactly that.” Zinke Introduces Bill to Expel Palestinians from the United States Today, Western Montana Congressman Ryan Zinke introduced H.R. 6211 the Safeguarding Americans from Extremism (SAFE) Act to prevent Palestinian terrorists from abusing the United States’ legal immigration system by requiring the Department of Homeland Security to implement a pause on all visas... zinke.house.gov

 

[Pommer]

...from the "all Palestinians are bad" camp.... From the Congressman's website: (WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Today, Western Montana Congressman Ryan Zinke introduced the Safeguarding Americans from Extremism (SAFE) Act to prevent Palestinian terrorists from abusing the United States’ legal immigration system by requiring the Department of Homeland Security to implement a pause on all visas, refugee status and granting of asylum for individuals holding a passport issued by the Palestinian Authority (PA). It also revokes any entrance of covered aliens who were granted visas or entered the United States on or after October 1, 2023. “This legislation keeps America safe. I don’t trust the Biden Administration any more than I do the Palestinian Authority to screen who is allowed to come into the United States,” Zinke said. “This is the most anti-Hamas immigration legislation I have seen and it’s well deserved. Given the circumstances, the threats to our immigration system and the history of terrorists abusing refugee, asylum and visa processes all over the world, the requirements in this bill are necessary to keep Americans safe. This bill does exactly that.” Zinke Introduces Bill to Expel Palestinians from the United States Today, Western Montana Congressman Ryan Zinke introduced H.R. 6211 the Safeguarding Americans from Extremism (SAFE) Act to prevent Palestinian terrorists from abusing the United States’ legal immigration system by requiring the Department of Homeland Security to implement a pause on all visas... zinke.house.gov

This is campaign fodder.
It won’t make it out of committee.
But Zinke can tout about how “he tried!“ in campaign literature.

 

[timothyu]

The only threat to the US is it's politics.

 

[mindlight]

This is campaign fodder.
It won’t make it out of committee.
But Zinke can tout about how “he tried!“ in campaign literature.

The scary thing is that Republicans think of this as a viable campaign strategy. As an immigrant myself who has more than paid his way in both his birth and host countries, I think denigrating all Palestinians like this is deeply wrong.

 

[dzheremi]

What an awful bill.

 

[wing2000]

This is campaign fodder.

...betting he won't be the only Republican to do so.

 

[timothyu]

Reminiscent of the thinking behind Japanese American holding camps in WWII