Day: April 16, 2011

Temporary Protected Status is NEVER temporary

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I want pro-migration advocates to show me and our readers any case where we granted Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to a group of immigrants and then returned them to their country later.  We even have El Salvadorans here on TPS!    I’ve been writing about the Liberians for two years (first post is here). They were granted TPS many years ago and each President* simply extends the deadline for their return to Africa. Eventually they have homes and businesses and the plea is made that we couldn’t possibly uproot them now.

Now (hat tip:Lynn) we learn that Congressman Keith Ellison (D-MN) and Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) have submitted a bill to give Liberians who were sheltered by us (through TPS) permanent residency.

From the Daily Planet:

Minnesota Representative Keith Ellison introduced the Liberian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act of 2011, H.R. 1293 in March, and Senator John Reed (RI) introduced the companion bill, S.656, in the Senate. The bills would allow Liberians to finally adjust their immigration status from temporary to permanent.

For years, immigration advocates have been making the case for permanent US residency for Liberians who are in the US on temporary immigration status. They argue that while Liberia is now post-civil war and on its way to recovery; it cannot handle a sudden influx of returnees. Additionally, they argue that Liberians have established new roots in their adopted homes including Minnesota which is home to over 30,000 Liberians.

Ellison says they enrich communities in Minnesota, yes, like the Somalis in St. Cloud?  In reality these are the voters who will keep the likes of Ellison (our first Muslim Congressman) in office.

In a statement supporting the bill, Ellison said, “Liberian-Americans enrich our communities in Minnesota and we owe it to them to finally resolve their immigration status.”

Will Libyans be next?   I would not be surprised if this is the program through which we will bring Libyan “refugees” from Obama’s war with Gaddafi!

* Note here that George Bush did say it was time to go home to Liberia, but ultimately Obama extended their “temporary” stay in America.  And, also note that Liberians participated in the amnesty demonstrations in Washington, here.

Feds settle dispute in St. Cloud school district case involving Somalis

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Looks like the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR), an unindicted co-conspirator in the Holy Land Foundation terror funding trial, succeeded in getting another school district in hot water with the federal departments of Education and Justice.     You might want to review what precipitated the problem for the district here and see here that CAIR got involved.

From Minnesota Public Radio this week:

St. Paul, Minn. — The Departments of Education and Justice have reached an agreement with the Owatonna Public Schools involving allegations of race and national origin harassment.

The federal agencies became involved after tensions between white and Somali students escalated into a fight in 2009 at Owatonna High School involving 11 Owatonna students.

In a statement released Tuesday, the Departments of Education and Justice said an investigation found Owatonna public schools “meted out disproportionate discipline for the students involved in the November 2009 incident and that the district’s policies, procedures and trainings were not adequately addressing harassment against Somali-American students.”

After a 17-month investigation, the district has agreed to take all reasonable steps to ensure that students enrolled are not subject to harassment or discrimination on the basis of race, color or national origin. The district also agreed to respond promptly and appropriately to all reports of harassment.

[….]

Tapper [Superintendent Tom Tapper] says the district is in the process of training all faculty, staff and students on discrimination and harassment. Officials also agreed to meet with high school Somali students to discuss their concerns about harassment.

What!  Federal investigation over not providing a WELCOMING environment!

About 17 percent of the Owatonna school district is minority students.

The district must report back to the Justice Department by Aug. 1 on the steps it has taken.

The St. Cloud school district is also the target of a federal investigation over accusations of not providing a welcoming environment for minority students.

Check out more strife in St. Cloud, here.  And, learn  more about Muslim agitators in St. Cloud, here.

Iraqi immigrant sentenced to 34 years for “honor” killing of daughter

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Thanks to Arizona for sending this strong message to Muslim immigrants—we have values and laws that we plan to uphold in America.  We are not shariah compliant yet!   Here is one of several previous posts we wrote (this one from Judy) on this case from back in 2009.

From CNN (Hat tip: Ed):

An Arizona judge sentenced an Iraqi immigrant* on Friday to more than 34 years in prison, about two months after his conviction for running over his 20-year-old daughter because he claimed she’d become “too Westernized.”

A Maricopa County, Arizona, jury in February convicted Faleh Hassan Almaleki, 50, of one count of second-degree murder in the death of Noor Faleh Almaleki. He was also found guilty of aggravated assault for causing serious injuries to Amal Edan Khalaf, the mother of Noor’s fiance, as well as two counts of leaving the scene.

In America we believe that parents have an awesome responsibility to nurture and protect our children.

Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery applauded the judge’s decision, saying “Mr. Almaleki will have an appropriately long time in prison to ponder this truth.”

“The killing of one’s own child is more than just a violation of the law,” Montgomery said in a press release. “It is an offense against parenthood itself and the awesome responsibility parents have for nurturing and protecting their children.”

Then here is something I don’t remember from our earlier reporting on the case.  The murderer tried to escape to that multi-cultural mecca—the UK, but they didn’t let him in!

After the incident, Almaleki drove to Mexico, abandoning his vehicle in Nogales, police said. He then made his way to Mexico City and boarded a plane to Britain, where authorities denied him entry into the country and put him on a plane back to the United States.

* It is not clear which legal immigration program the murderer used to get into the US in the first place.

Addendum: Phyllis Chesler, a scholar who tracks the issue of honor killings, has a good piece at FrontPage Magazine today. — Judy