Muslim Groups Are Suing The Trump Administration Over An Inconvenient Terrorism Report

Back in January, the DOJ and DHS released a report on terrorism. It found that “three out of every four, or 402, individuals convicted of international terrorism-related charges in U.S. federal courts between September 11, 2001, and December 31, 2016 were foreign-born.”

“This report reveals an indisputable sobering reality—our immigration system has undermined our national security and public safety,” said Attorney General Sessions. “And the information in this report is only the tip of the iceberg: we currently have terrorism-related investigations against thousands of people in the United States, including hundreds of people who came here as refugees. Our law enforcement professionals do amazing work, but it is simply not reasonable to keep asking them to risk their lives to enforce the law while we admit thousands every year without sufficient knowledge about their backgrounds. The pillars of President Trump’s immigration policy—securing our porous borders, moving to a merit-based immigration system that ends the use of diversity visas and chain migration, and enforcing our nation’s laws—will make their jobs easier and make the United States a safer place.”

“My top priority as Secretary of Homeland Security is to ensure the safety and security of the American people,” said Secretary Nielsen. “This report is a clear reminder of why we cannot continue to rely on immigration policy based on pre-9/11 thinking that leaves us woefully vulnerable to foreign-born terrorists, and why we must examine our visa laws and continue to intensify screening and vetting of individuals traveling to the United States to prevent terrorists, criminals, and other dangerous individuals from reaching our country. Without legislative change, DHS will continue to see thousands of terrorists a year attempt to enter the United States, and while we must be right every time, the terrorists only need to be lucky once. Therefore, DHS has personnel deployed around the world and along our borders working with our global and domestic law enforcement partners to stop terrorists before they enter the homeland.”

Here are some more details on the 549 individuals in question:

• 254 were not U.S. citizens;
• 148 were foreign-born, naturalized and received U.S. citizenship; and,
• 147 were U.S. citizens by birth.

 

According to information available to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), since September 11, 2001, there were approximately 1,716 removals of aliens with national security concerns.

Obviously, all of this information is RACIST and ISLAMOPHOBIC. How could it not be? I mean, for starters…it is. THERE. Proof.

Muslim groups are tiiiiiiiiiicked. In fact, two groups– Muslim Advocates and Democracy Forward– are so ticked that they’re suing the Trump administration over the report. They claim the report “perpetuates the ongoing stigmatization of immigrants and Muslims…”

“The report perpetuates the ongoing stigmatization of immigrants and Muslims by the administration,” the groups said. “For example, the Trump administration has used the report to justify its sweeping ban on the entry of nationals from six Muslim-majority countries into the United States. It has also specifically tied the report’s findings to its calls for an end to the issuance of diversity and family reunification visas, which would have a significant negative impact on Muslim immigrants.”

At stake is the Information Quality Act, which lays out the goal of government information being accurate, and creates a process for the public to demand corrections, with the agencies required to respond to those requests within 60 days.

Neither the Justice Department nor Homeland Security, which co-authored the report, responded to the groups’ requests, they said.

The groups want the courts to declare the report inaccurate and issue an order banning them from disseminating it.

Because of COURSE they do. People can’t know! This report will make society more RACIST and ISLAMPHOBIC or something.

But the lawsuit says the report was wrong to focus only on international terrorism cases, ignoring domestic cases not affiliated with jihadist groups. And the lawsuit says the report included people who committed their acts of terrorism overseas, but were later extradited to the U.S. to face charges.

The truth? Even if they modified the report and lessened the number, these groups would STILL have a problem. Why? Because they can’t accept that Islam has a serious jihadist problem. The religion is in DIRE need of reform, but apparently, we’re not allowed to say that.

h/t The Washington Times